Why do people take part in these shows and spill their guts on camera in front of a studio audience?
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
spill your guts — american informal phrase to tell someone everything that you know about something Thesaurus: to tell someone something, or to give informationsynonym Main entry: spill * * * spill your guts informal : to tell your secrets or private feelings to… … Useful english dictionary
spill your guts — spill (your) guts American & Australian, informal to tell someone all about yourself, especially your problems. Why do people take part in these shows and spill their guts on camera in front of a studio audience? … New idioms dictionary
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 your guts (to somebody) — spill your ˈguts (to sb) idiom (NAmE, informal) to tell sb everything you know or feel about sth, because you are upset • He has spilled his guts in his new autobiography. Main entry: ↑spillidiom … Useful english dictionary
spill — spill1 [spil] vt. spilled or spilt, spilling [ME spillen < OE spillan, to destroy, squander, akin to MHG spillen, to split < IE base * (s)p(h)el , to split, split off > SPALL, L spolium] 1. to allow or cause, esp. unintentionally or… … English World dictionary
guts — /gʌts / (say guts) Colloquial –plural noun (often construed as singular) 1. the bowels or entrails. 2. the stomach or abdomen. 3. courage; stamina; endurance: to have guts. 4. essential information: the guts of the matter. 5. essential parts or… …
spill — 1 past tense and past participle spilt, especially BrE spilled especially AmE verb 1 (I, T) if you spill a liquid or if it spills, it accidentally flows over the edge of a container: spill sth down/on/over: Oh no! I ve spilt coffee all down my… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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 — spill1 S3 [spıl] v past tense and past participle spilt [spılt] especially BrE or spilled especially AmE [: Old English; Origin: spillan to kill, destroy, waste ] 1.) [I and T] if you spill a liquid, or if it spills, it accidentally flows over… … Dictionary of contemporary English
spill — I UK [spɪl] / US verb Word forms spill : present tense I/you/we/they spill he/she/it spills present participle spilling past tense spilled or spilt UK [spɪlt] / US past participle spilled or spilt ** 1) [transitive] to accidentally pour a liquid… … English dictionary
