戴尔英语红宝书:The cat is out of the bag

The cat is out of the bag

Victor： Hi,大家好,我是Victor，

Nancy： Nancy!

Victor： 今天我们讨论的Topic是：

Nancy：The cat is out of the bag.

Victor：泄露秘密。

Nancy：In this case, the ‘cat’ refers to a secret.

Victor：这里的“cat”是秘密的意思。

Nancy：The ‘cat is out of the bag’ means the secret is out, someone has opened his or her mouth, and it’s not a secret anymore.

Victor：这句话是说秘密被公布出去就不再是秘密了。

Nancy：So when you tell someone a secret, and then it comes back to you, you can say, “The cat’s out of the bag now!”

Victor：你告诉别人的秘密又传到你耳朵里，就可以说“The cat’s out of the bag now!”，秘密被泄露了。

Nancy: That’s all for today. See you!

Victor:  See you!