spill the beans

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to tell sb sth that should be kept secret or private

   If you go downstairs and spill the beans, I'll tell Betty that I caught you smoking a cigarette.

   Come on! Spill the beans!

In the movies · 3

• Victor has spilled the beans...Deathtrap1982
• Come on! Spill the beans!Can You Ever Forgive Me?2018
• If you go downstairs and spill the beans, I'll tell Betty that I caught you smoking a cigarette.Sons of the Desert1933
• Okay, now, come on. Spill the beans.Ghosted2023
• Maybe he wants to spill the beans about where the missing bodies are buried.Venom: Let There Be Carnage2021
• I'm sorry for that spilling the beans on ya, Dominic.The Banshees of Inisherin2022
• I'm afraid your father spilled the beans about Noah.The Notebook2004
• Don't be spilling any of your beans to me.The Lighthouse2019

Learn it in full scenes

• Deathtrap1982
  • Sidney's Play Flops on Opening Night
  • Sidney Rants About Being Written Out
  • Sidney Plots to Steal a Play
• Can You Ever Forgive Me?2018
  • Lee Meets Jack Hock
  • Lee Asks to Be Paid in Cash
  • Lee Tells Jack Her Secret

From the same entry

• spill blood
• spill your guts
• cry over spilt milk
• spill out
• spill over
• thrills and spills

More slang

• hold up
• let's do this
• no shit
• i'm out
• chill out
• save it
• jesus christ
• i got your back
• i'm on it
• no kidding
• dream on
• beat it