Spill The Beans

Pronunciation: /spɪl ðə binz/

Examples of spill the beans in a Sentence

formal The witness finally decided to spill the beans during the trial.

informal Come on, just spill the beans already! We're all waiting to hear.

slang I can't believe she actually spilled the beans about her crush on him!

figurative Once he started talking, he couldn't help but spill the beans about everything that had happened.

Grammatical Forms of spill the beans

• past tense: spilled
• plural: spill the beans
• comparative: more spill the beans
• superlative: most spill the beans
• present tense: spill the beans
• future tense: will spill the beans
• perfect tense: have spilled the beans
• continuous tense: spilling the beans
• singular: spill the bean
• positive degree: spill the beans
• infinitive: to spill the beans
• gerund: spilling the beans
• participle: spilled the beans

Origin and Evolution of spill the beans

First Known Use: 1601 year

Language of Origin: English

Story behind the word: The origin of the phrase 'spill the beans' is believed to come from ancient Greece, where beans were used in a voting system. To 'spill the beans' meant to reveal the outcome of a secret ballot by accidentally knocking over the container holding the beans.

Evolution of the word: Over time, the phrase 'spill the beans' has evolved to mean revealing a secret or confidential information, often unintentionally.