Let the Cat out of the Bag

Tomorrow is Qiqi’s birthday. What will you buy for her?

I will buy her a camera.

Wow， if I tell her， she will be very happy. She likes taking photos.

I don’t know what to buy. How about you?

Don’t let the cat out of the bag! I want to give her a surprise（驚喜）.

難道QQ糖還要送琪琪一只貓？當然不是啦！“l(fā)et the cat out of the bag”也是一句英語俗語，意思是“泄露秘密，走漏風聲”。

據(jù)說很早以前，英國賣乳豬的商人通常會把豬裝進一個帆布口袋再遞給顧客。一些奸商就會趁顧客一不留神，把貓裝進袋子里冒充乳豬。許多缺乏經驗的人就上當了。但是，如果買主當場解開口袋，把貓從里面放出來（也就是“l(fā)et the cat out of the bag”），奸商們的詭計就會被當場揭穿。于是人們就用“l(fā)et the cat out of the bag”來表達“無意中讓對方看到真相，泄露了秘密”的意思。哈哈，原來QQ糖是讓樂天幫她保守秘密呢！