- To plan something as you do it. To decide plans as you’re about to do them based off of your previous circumstance and not know what to expect.
- After school, where should we get lunch? I don’t know, we can just play it by ear after school ends
- To let information slip to people it wasn’t intended for
- Often used in context of ruining a surprise
- Chris wasn’t supposed to know we were going to show up at his performance, but Sofia ran into him on her way there and let the cat out of the bag. He pretended to be surprised when the rest of us showed up, but he knew we were coming already.
- A strange or suspicious situation
- I thought something fishy was going on when I walked into my room and the lights were on already. It turns out, it was just my roommate home before me.
- To be left speechless, or to refrain from talking
- Why won’t you tell me what happened last night after you got back home form the party? Why are you shy? Cat got your tongue?
- Money is influential, and can change people’s minds or opinions
- The hotel said they didn’t have any more suites available, but money talks, so they gave us one after I gave the desk clerk a $20.
By: Briana Do