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单词 sing like a canary
释义

sing like a canary

idiom
informal
to give someone, usually theauthorities, a lot ofsecretinformation,especiallyaboutillegalactivities:
Heplaysamafiabosswho's about tosinglike acanaryandenterthewitnessrelocationprogram.
He's going towalkinto thegrandjuryandsinglike acanary.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Revealing secrets & becoming known
  • (the) word is/gets outidiom
  • anti-secrecy
  • backchannel
  • bare
  • blowsomeone'scoveridiom
  • blow/take the lid offsomethingidiom
  • break
  • declassify
  • hold
  • leakage
  • Queen's evidence
  • rat
  • rat onsomeone/something
  • reintroduce
  • revealingly
  • revelatory
  • state's evidence
  • tip
  • transpire
  • unload
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(Definition ofsing like a canaryfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/sing-like-a-canary##
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