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blow the gaff

Arabic translation: يفشي السر

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English term or phrase:	blow the gaff
Arabic translation:	يفشي السر
Entered by:	Ziad Alghamdi

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01:25 Sep 16, 2009

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English term or phrase: blow the gaff

it looks like Rich decided to blow the gaff early on his little global conspiracy that I joined in on a red day letter, as we go away back

Amal QD KudoZ activity Questions: 123 (none open) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 0 United States
Local time: 03:00

يفشي السر

Explanation:
you tell someone something that other people wanted you to keep secret.

http://dictionary.reverso.net/english-cobuild/blow the gaffe...

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Ziad Alghamdi
Saudi Arabia
Local time: 11:00

Grading comment

شكر جزيلا
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +2

يفشي السر

Ziad Alghamdi

يكشف المستور /المستخبي/ السر

Tamer Mekhimar

يكشف السر

hassan zekry

يفضح أمر/يكشف سر/يزيح الستار عن

Nadia Ayoub

فضح الخطأ-الحماقة

WalidmUK

Answers

3 mins confidence:

يكشف السر

Explanation:
blow the gaff (verb)

divulge: tell all, let on, blurt out, talk out of turn, spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, give the show or the game away

hassan zekry
Local time: 10:00
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 24

Notes to answerer

Asker: شكرا جزيلا

3 mins confidence:

يفضح أمر/يكشف سر/يزيح الستار عن

Explanation:
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/blow the gaff

Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Local time: 10:00
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 178

Notes to answerer

Asker: شكرا جزيلا

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

يفشي السر

Explanation:
you tell someone something that other people wanted you to keep secret.

http://dictionary.reverso.net/english-cobuild/blow the gaffe...

Reference: http://dictionary.reverso.net/english-cobuild/blow%20the%20g...

Ziad Alghamdi
Saudi Arabia
Local time: 11:00
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 22

Grading comment

شكر جزيلا

Notes to answerer

Asker: شكرا جزيلا

4 mins confidence:

يكشف المستور /المستخبي/ السر

Explanation:
to cause trouble for someone by letting other people know something that they were trying to keep secret

Tamer Mekhimar
Egypt
Local time: 10:00
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 4

Notes to answerer

Asker: شكرا جزيلا

4 hrs confidence:

فضح الخطأ-الحماقة

Explanation:
فضح الخطأ-الحماقة
كشف الخطأ-الحماقة

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Note added at 4 hrs (2009-09-16 05:38:13 GMT)
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gaff is a variation of gaffe

WalidmUK
Local time: 09:00
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 12

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Sep 17, 2009 - Changes made by Ziad Alghamdi:
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