spill the beans

　

WordNet

1. divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks" (同)let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out
2. reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail)
3. liquid that is spilled; "clean up the spills"
4. the act of allowing a fluid to escape (同)spillage, release
5. a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice" (同)tumble, fall
6. flow, run or fall out and become lost; "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table" (同)run_out
7. cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over; "spill the beans all over the table" (同)shed, disgorge
8. pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities; "shed tears"; "spill blood"; "God shed His grace on Thee" (同)shed, pour forth
9. cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container; "spill the milk"; "splatter water" (同)slop, splatter
10. reveal information; "If you dont oblige me, Ill talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details" (同)talk
11. a special situation; "this thing has got to end"; "it is a remarkable thing"
12. a separate and self-contained entity
13. an action; "how could you do such a thing?"
14. an artifact; "how does this thing work?"
15. an entity that is not named specifically; "I couldnt tell what the thing was"
16. any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence; "the thing I like about her is ..."
17. a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion; "he has a thing about seafood"; "she has a thing about him"
18. a special abstraction; "a thing of the spirit"; "things of the heart"
19. a special objective; "the thing is to stay in bounds"
20. a statement regarded as an object; "to say the same thing in other terms"; "how can you say such a thing?"
21. an event; "a funny thing happened on the way to the..."
22. any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods (同)bean plant
23. any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans
24. hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball
25. any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food (同)edible bean

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1. (特に,うっかりして)〈液体・粉など〉‘を'『こぼす』 / 《しばしば受動態で》《おもに文》(人を傷つけて)〈血〉‘を'流す / 〈馬・車などか〉〈人など〉‘を'ほうり出す,振り落す / 《話》〈秘密など〉‘を'もらす;(…に)…‘を'もらす《+『名』+『to』+『名』》 / 〈液体・粉などが〉『こぼれる』,流れ出る / こぼれること,こぼすこと / こぼれたもの / 落ちること;落馬
2. (点火用の)付け木,こより
3. 〈C〉(形のある)『物』,物体;(生物に対しての)『無生物』 / 〈C〉(形のない)『もの』,事,事柄,でき事 / 《複数形で》事情,事態,状勢,状況 / 《複数形で》(すべての)事物,事柄 / 《通例 the~》(努力・活動などの)目的,目標 / 〈C〉衣服,衣類・《one's things》持ち物,所持品,身の回り品 / 《複数形で》道具,用具・〈C〉《親愛・哀れみ・軽べつなどの感情をこめて》人,者,やつ / 《the~》《話》(…の)流行《+in+名》
4. 《前述の名詞または文脈でそれと分かる名詞に付けて》『その』,あの,名の / 《唯一の事物に付けて》 / 《方角・自然現象に付けて》 / 《用具・楽器・特定の病気などに付けて》 / 《修飾吾[句]を伴う名詞に付けて》 / 《単数普通名詞に付けて》(1)《種族全体》…『というもの』 / 《複数名詞または集合名詞に付けて》 / 《単位》『…につき;…単位[で]』 / 《身体の一部に付けて,所有格に代わる》 / 《形容詞に付けて》 / 《固有名詞に付けて》 / 《強意用法に》『随一の』,典型的な / 《「the+比較級,the+比較級」の形で》『…すればするほどそれだけ』 / 《比較級の前に》(…につれて,のために)『それだけ』,ますます
5. 『豆』(おもにいんげん豆・そら豆など大きめの豆類) / 豆のさや(pod) / 豆に似た実 / 《俗》頭 / 《俗》(野球で)ビーンボールを投げる

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