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cat out of the bag

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  • jmjarmstrong commented on the word cat out of the bag

    JM has discovered that letting the cat out of the bag is much easier than putting it back in.

    July 17, 2011

  • cohenizzy commented on the word cat out of the bag

    This idiom was formed by phono-semantic matching. The probably source is Aramaic.

    QiSHoT BaGaD = truth + betray, or betray by revealing the truth. When the letter shin had a dental D/T-sound, this phrase sounded like KiToT BaGad => (let the) CaT ouT (of the) BaG

    For the spelling and pronunciation of "truth" in Aramaic, see this URL:

    https://www.atour.com/cgi-bin/dictionary.cgi?string=truth&Search_Field=Meaning

    December 25, 2020