英语词汇let the cat out of the bag的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	let the cat out of the bag
词源	let the cat out of the bag. Let the cat out of the bag may have originally referred to the master-at-arms aboard a British naval ship taking the cat-o’-nine-tails from its blood-red carrying bag before a seaman was flogged. The connection between this and an untimely revelation is a tenuous one, but no better ex- planation has been offered so far.
随便看	you-all you are my sunshine you bet you betcha etc you better believe you can bet your bottom dollar you can play with my dog you can play with my wife but you’d better leave my gun alone you can run but you can’t hide you can say that again you can take it to the bank you can whistle for it you can’t cheat an honest man you can’t cod me you can’t con me you can’t have your cake and eat it too you can’t judge a book by its cover you can’t keep a squirrel on the ground you can’t make an omelet without breaking eggs you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow-s ear you can’t win ’em all you could have heard a pin drop you couldn’t detect my interest with a high-powered telescope you don’t have money give yourself volunteer you don’t want to go there you furnish the pictures and i’ll furnish the war

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