Litteral meaning of phrases - 27-02-2006

**surkdidat** · 27-02-2006, 08:46 PM

Letting The Cat Out Of The Bag.

At medieval markets, unscrupulous traders would display a pig for sale. However, the pig was always given to the customer in a bag, with strict instructions not to open the bag until they were some way away. The trader would hand the customer a bag containing something that wriggled, and it was only later that the buyer would find he'd been conned when he opened the bag to reveal that it contained a cat, not a pig. Therefore, "letting the cat out of the bag" revealed the secret of the con trick.

**Mike** · 20-03-2006, 02:43 PM

I never knew that :shock:

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