"I bought a nice wrist watch as a surprise for my wife's birthday. But I'm afraid I let the cat out of the bag--I hid it under my socks and she found it when she was putting my clean clothes away."
这位丈夫说:“我给我太太买了一只很好的手表作为生日礼。我把手表藏在我的袜子底下,可是当我太太替我把乾净衣服放好的时候,她发现了那只手表。所以,我的秘密恐怕已经泻露了。”
生日礼物被发现还不是什么严重的事,可是下面这个例子就不是开玩笑的事了:
"It was supposed to be a secret that we were firing our accountant for stealing money. But one of the secretaries saw the memo and let the cat out of the bag by telling her friends."
这个人说的是办公室里的秘密。他说:“我们解雇了我们的会计,因为他偷钱。这件事原来是应该是保密的。但是,一个秘书看见了一张有关这件事的条子,然后就告诉了她的朋友,这样就泻露了秘密。”
quaint
adj.离奇有趣的; 优雅的; 奇怪的
a quaint old house
一座古雅的老房子