spill the works
spill the works
To reveal something that was meant to be kept a secret or surprise. We had everything organized for Bruce's surprise party, but Kate accidentally spilled the works to him on the way home. All right, spill the works! What's going on?
See also: spill, work
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
spill the works
verbSee spill the beans
See also: spill, work
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- be bursting to (do something)
- be bursting to do something
- quelle surprise
- catch (one) by surprise
- monkey's uncle, I'll be/am a
- (well) what do you know
- snap
- Snap!
- (oh,) snap
- (Well,) I'll go to the foot of our stairs!