戴尔英语红宝书 第45期（在线收听）

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!