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• spill the beans — {v. phr.}, {informal} To tell a secret to someone who is not supposed to know about it. * /John s friends were going to have a surprise party for him, but Tom spilled the beans./ Compare: GIVE AWAY(3), LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG, TELL TALES OUT… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• spill the beans — {v. phr.}, {informal} To tell a secret to someone who is not supposed to know about it. * /John s friends were going to have a surprise party for him, but Tom spilled the beans./ Compare: GIVE AWAY(3), LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG, TELL TALES OUT… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• spill|age — «SPIHL ihj», noun. 1. the act of spilling: »The food dishes should be about two inches high and have steep sides to prevent spillage (Scientific American). 2. what is spilled; amount spilled: »…eating the spillage of grain and fruit manhandled… …   Useful english dictionary

• spill — spill1 [ spıl ] verb ** 1. ) transitive to accidentally pour a liquid out of its container: spill something on/over something: I spilled coffee all over my desk. a ) intransitive to accidentally flow out of a container: spill from: Oil is still… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• spill over — verb 1. overflow with a certain feeling (Freq. 1) The children bubbled over with joy My boss was bubbling over with anger • Syn: ↑bubble over, ↑overflow • Hypernyms: ↑seethe, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• spill —    to give information of a criminal or damaging nature    A shortened form of the common spill the beans, to reveal a secret:     If Hench shot somebody, she would have some idea... She would spill if he had. (Chandler, 1943) …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• spill over — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms spill over : present tense I/you/we/they spill over he/she/it spills over present participle spilling over past tense spilled over or spilt over past participle spilled over or spilt over to spread to other… …   English dictionary

• spill — I. /spɪl / (say spil) verb (spilt or spilled, spilling) –verb (t) 1. to cause or allow (liquid, or any matter in grains or loose pieces) to run or fall from a container, especially accidentally or wastefully. 2. to shed (blood), as in killing or… …  

• spill·over — /ˈspılˌoʊvɚ/ noun, pl overs : something that flows out of or spreads beyond a container, space, area, etc. [count] Put a pan under the pie to catch any spillovers. We have benefited from a spillover of prosperity from neighboring states. [=the… …   Useful english dictionary

• spill\ the\ beans — v. phr. informal To tell a secret to someone who is not supposed to know about it. John s friends were going to have a surprise party for him, but Tom spilled the beans. Compare: give away(3), let the cat out of the bag, tell tales out of school …   Словарь американских идиом

• Deepwater Horizon oil spill — 2010 oil spill and BP oil spill redirect here. For other oil spills in 2010, see 2010 oil spill (disambiguation). For the 2006 oil spill involving BP, see Prudhoe Bay oil spill. For the drilling rig and explosion, see Deepwater Horizon… …   Wikipedia