Episode 75 English Idioms To Use When You Want To Keep Secrets🤫

This week we're starting a 4-part series on related idioms. Today, keeping secrets. Tomorrow, telling secrets! 🙊 Then next week: lies and trustworthiness. See you tomorrow! Today's Idioms Mum's the word - Can be used as a phrase after telling a secret to let someone know this is a secret and they shouldn't tell anyone. My lips are sealed - Same as above. Can be used as a phrase to say I won't tell your secret or your secret is safe with me. Open secret - used to describe a kind of secret. This means that although the people involved or the people in charge don't acknowledge something, everyone already knows about it. It is often used to describe office secrets that nobody can or will admit, but everyone is aware of. To keep someone in the dark - This is about keeping information from someone on purpose. It might be because the information is dangerous or could hurt them, it might just be because we don't know how to tell them. Spill the beans - to tell someone's secret. Often used to ask people to keep a secret ' don't spill the beans!' Or to agree not to tell a secret, 'don't worry, I won't spill the beans.' But can be used when someone does tell a secret, 'she always spills the beans!' Additional Vocabulary I would stick with that. - to continue with something or choose something Your secret is safe with me. - a common phrase used just like 'my lips are sealed' to let someone know you will keep their secret. Insider information - means someone has access to more information than everyone else. Is often used in business to talk about corporate espionage (secretly collecting and reporting information) or crimes within the finance sector where people know about mergers (for example) before they happen and so can make a lot of money. Having an affair - a common phrase used to describe adultery (these days people don't have to be married for the phrase 'having an affair' to be used, they just need to be in an acknowledged relationship.) Top secret - often seen on government documents to describe something that nobody should know. Can also be used just like 'my lips are sealed' to let someone know they shouldn't tell anyone. 'The party is tomorrow, don't forget, top secret! 🙊'