When I was growing up, the expression was “spill the beans” (to give away a secret) or “let the cat out of the bag”. Recently I’ve heard more people talk about “spilling the tea”, and I wondered about why it was tea being spilled. Merriam-Webster came to my aid,
Spilling tea?
When I was growing up, the expression was “spill the beans” (to give away a secret) or “let the cat out of the bag”. Recently I’ve heard more people talk about “spilling the tea”, and I wondered about why it was tea being spilled. Merriam-Webster came to my aid,
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