spill the beans

/spˈɪl ðə bˈiːnz/

to spill the beans

to reveal a secret that one was asked not to tell anyone

synonyms : babble

antonyms : keep quiet

Examples

1. So who spilled the beans about her affair with David?

2. Blind drunk, Ortel had spilled the beans on Long Jump.

3. He spilled the beans on his co-criminals and Schindler was arrested too.

4. During the early 1990s, KGB veterans began to approach western intelligence agencies and spill the beans on their recent operations.