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Posted by Stating the obvious on February 03, 2004

In Reply to: Spill the beans posted by Lotg on February 03, 2004

: Why does 'spill the beans' mean to release information that wasn't meant to be released? The only connection I can imagine is that someone once spilt beans that should have remained contained and that somehow was translated to cover the spilling of information that should have remained secret.

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