spill one's guts

spill one's guts
Vrb phrs. 1. To confess or reveal the truth.
2. To vomit. Probably a misuse of version 1 due to its similarity with 'spew one's guts up'.

English slang and colloquialisms. 2014.

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  • spill one's guts — (informal) To confess all that one knows • • • Main Entry: ↑spill * * * informal reveal copious information to someone in an uninhibited way …   Useful english dictionary

  • spill one's guts — idi+sts spill one s guts, to tell everything …   From formal English to slang

  • spill one’s guts (to someone) — AND spill one’s guts on someone tv. to tell all; to confess; to pour one’s heart out to someone. (See also spew one’s guts (out).) □ I had to spill my guts to someone about the broken window …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • spill one’s guts on someone — Go to spill one’s guts (to someone) …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • spill one's guts — verb a) To confess, or to divulge secrets, typically speaking freely and at length after a change of motive or an incentive. At first, the suspect would not tell us anything about the other participants in the crime. But after being offered a… …   Wiktionary

  • spill one's guts — vb to confess or reveal information. An elab oration of spill or spill the beans used particularly by or about criminals. They put a little pressure on him and the creep spilled his guts …   Contemporary slang

  • spill one's guts — informal reveal much information in an uninhibited way. → spill …   English new terms dictionary

  • spill one's guts — phrasal to divulge especially personal information …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Spill one's guts — confess to something; reveal information …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • spill one's guts — Australian Slang confess to something; reveal information …   English dialects glossary

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