spill your guts

spill your guts
American informal
to tell someone everything that you know about something

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  • spill your guts — american informal phrase to tell someone everything that you know about something Thesaurus: to tell someone something, or to give informationsynonym Main entry: spill * * * spill your guts informal : to tell your secrets or private feelings to… …   Useful english dictionary

  • spill your guts — spill (your) guts American & Australian, informal to tell someone all about yourself, especially your problems. Why do people take part in these shows and spill their guts on camera in front of a studio audience? …   New idioms dictionary

  • spill your guts — tell everything you know, spill the beans    Don t spill your guts to mom. Don t tell her about our problems …   English idioms

  • spill your guts (to somebody) — spill your ˈguts (to sb) idiom (NAmE, informal) to tell sb everything you know or feel about sth, because you are upset • He has spilled his guts in his new autobiography. Main entry: ↑spillidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • spill guts — spill (your) guts American & Australian, informal to tell someone all about yourself, especially your problems. Why do people take part in these shows and spill their guts on camera in front of a studio audience? …   New idioms dictionary

  • spill — 1 past tense and past participle spilt, especially BrE spilled especially AmE verb 1 (I, T) if you spill a liquid or if it spills, it accidentally flows over the edge of a container: spill sth down/on/over: Oh no! I ve spilt coffee all down my… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • spill — spill1 S3 [spıl] v past tense and past participle spilt [spılt] especially BrE or spilled especially AmE [: Old English; Origin: spillan to kill, destroy, waste ] 1.) [I and T] if you spill a liquid, or if it spills, it accidentally flows over… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • spill — I UK [spɪl] / US verb Word forms spill : present tense I/you/we/they spill he/she/it spills present participle spilling past tense spilled or spilt UK [spɪlt] / US past participle spilled or spilt ** 1) [transitive] to accidentally pour a liquid… …   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 the beans — tell a secret, tell others about it, spill your guts    Don t tell Sammy about our plan. He ll spill the beans …   English idioms

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