题目

The bag is one of the most simple and useful things in the world. It is a container made of paper or
Another widely-used expression is to let the cat out of the bag. It is used when someone tells something that was supposed to be secret. No one can explain how the cat got into the bag. But there is an old story about it.
Long ago tradesmen sold things in large cloth bags. One day a woman asked for a pig. The tradesman held up a cloth bag with something moving inside it. He said it was a live pig. The woman asked to see it. When the dishonest tradesman opened the bag, out jumped a cat – not a pig. The tradesman's secret was out. He was trying to trick her. And now everybody knew it.在线翻译,快!
The phrase to be left holding the bag is as widely used as the expression to let the cat out of the bag.
The bag is one of the most simple and useful things in the world. It is a container made of paper or cloth. It has given the world many strange expressions that are not very simple. Some of them are used in the United States today.
这是第一自然段

提问时间：2020-07-27

答案

另外一种普遍的表达是：“把猫从袋子里面放出来”.当某人原本打算告诉你一个秘密时,你却泄密了.为什么是说猫从口袋出来呢?是有一个故事这么讲的：
很久以前,有一个商人背着大袋子卖东西,有一天一位妇人想买一头猪猡,这个商人举起袋子,里面确实有活物在动.他指着袋子说,这里面是你要的小猪猡.那妇人想看看里面,但是当这个无良商人打开袋子时,里面跳出一只小猫咪.这个商人的诡计泡汤了.他原本想欺骗这个妇人,现在可好,大家都知道了!
另外一个相关的谚语“握紧袋子”,和“把猫从袋子里面放出来”都来源于这个故事.
袋子是很常见的东西,一般是纸制或者布制的,但是很多复杂的谚语都跟袋子有关,至今还有一些在美国广泛被使用着.