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spill the beans
To tell a secret to someone who is not supposed to know about it.
Открывать секрет, говорить о чем-то личном.
Come on! Spill the beans! What did he say?
Да ладно! Рассказывай! Что он сказал?
John's friends were going to have a surprise party for him, but Tom spilled the beans.
We’re organizing a surprise party for him so don’t spell the beans.
Мы подготавливаем вечеринку-сюрприз для него, так что не проболтайся.
spin a yarn
To tell a story of adventure with some exaggeration mixed in; embellish and protract such a tale.
Uncle Fred, who used be a sailor, knows how to spin a fascinating yarn, but don't always believe everything he says.
spirit away
To hide or smuggle something out; abduct.
The famous actress was spirited away by her bodyguards as soon as she emerged from the door.
spit into the wedding cake
piss into the wedding cake
To spoil someone's pleasure or celebration by doing or saying something harsh or unseemly in an otherwise happy gathering; bring up depressing or unhappy subjects at a supposedly happy time.
Stuart really spit into the wedding cake when he told Burt in a bragging fashion that Lucy, Burl's bride, used to be his girlfriend.
spitting image
spit and image
An exact likeness; a duplicate.
John is the spitting image of his grandfather.
That vase is the spitting image of one I wanted to buy in Boston.
splash out on something
splurge on something
Потратить большую сумму денег на покупку чего-либо, раскошелиться.
He decided to give his family a present and splurged on a vacation by the ocean.
Он решил сделать семье подарок и разорился на отпуск у океана.
We had to splash out on our boss’ birthday present.
Нам пришлось раскошелиться на подарок начальнику на день рождения.
split hairs
To find and argue about small and unimportant differences as if the differences are important.
Вдаваться в незначительные подробности; придавать мелочам слишком большое значение.
Don't split hairs about whose turn it is to wash the dishes and make the beds; let's work together and finish sooner.
John is always splitting hairs; he often starts an argument about something small and unimportant.
She splits hairs about his life.
Она вдается в подробности его личной жизни.
sponge bath
A bath with a cloth or sponge and a little water.
During the drought the family had only sponge baths.
The family took sponge baths because they had no bathtub.