Idiom/Phrase: Spill the beans
- (a)Reveal a secret
- (b)Forced to leave belongings
- (c)Share the news
- (d)Take offence at someone's rude behaviour
Answer
A
Why
Correct — A, reveal a secret. 'To spill the beans' means to disclose secret or confidential information, often accidentally or prematurely.
Why the others are wrong
- (b)Forced to leave belongings — Unrelated — the idiom is about disclosing information, not property.
- (c)Share the news — Too broad — the phrase specifically means letting out a secret, not routine news-sharing.
- (d)Take offence at someone's rude behaviour — Unrelated to the sense of revealing hidden information.
Concept
An idiom-meaning item — 'spill the beans' means to give away a secret.
Related PYQs
No directly related past PYQ was found.
Practice
- practice — not a real PYQ
'Let the cat out of the bag' means:
- (a)buy something useless
- (b)reveal a secret unintentionally
- (c)set someone free
- (d)cause chaos
Answer(b) reveal a secret unintentionally — closely parallel to 'spill the beans'.
- practice — not a real PYQ
'Keep something under wraps' means:
- (a)keep it secret
- (b)throw it away
- (c)wrap a gift
- (d)delay a task
Answer(a) keep it secret — to conceal information, the opposite of spilling the beans.