Come on, spill the beans about your new job.
spill the beans
idiom B1
To reveal a secret; to disclose information.
Origin
folk etymologyEarly 20th-century American slang, where 'spill' meant to divulge; the popular story about ancient Greek voting with beans is folk etymology.
She promised not to spill the beans about the surprise engagement.
Under gentle questioning from the reporter, the nervous assistant finally spilled the beans about what really happened.
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for beans
Synonym of at all.
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full of beans
Energetic and enthusiastic.
- 03
give someone beans
To scold or reprimand someone severely.
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know beans about
To know nothing, or almost nothing, about.
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spill ink
To write, especially professionally.
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spill juice
To bleed as a result of a gunshot wound or stab wound; spill blood.
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spill one's guts
To confess, or to divulge secrets, typically speaking freely and at length after a change of motive or an incentive.
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spill one's seed
To ejaculate.