Spill the beans
To reveal a secret, often accidentally.
Lỡ miệng để lộ bí mật.
Tiết lộ chuyện đáng lẽ phải giữ kín.
Spill the beans
Examples
Don't spill the beans about the surprise party.
Đừng lỡ miệng để lộ chuyện bữa tiệc bất ngờ.
He spilled the beans about the merger before the announcement.
Anh ấy để lộ chuyện sáp nhập trước khi công bố.
Origin
In short
Ancient Greek voters dropped beans into a jar to cast a secret ballot, and knocking the jar over revealed the result early.
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