A bag is useful and the word "bag" is useful too.
A
bag
is
useful
and
the
word
``
bag
''
is
useful
too
.
It gives us some interesting phrases.
It
gives
us
some
interesting
phrases
.
One is "to let the cat out of the bag."
One
is
``
to
let
the
cat
out
of
the
bag
.
''
It is the same as "to tell a secret".
It
is
the
same
as
``
to
tell
a
secret
''
.
There's an old interesting story about it.
There
's
an
old
interesting
story
about
it
.
Long ago, when people sold things in big cloth bags, a woman asked a man for a pig.
Long
ago
,
when
people
sold
things
in
big
cloth
bags
,
a
woman
asked
a
man
for
a
pig
.
The man held up his cloth bag.
The
man
held
up
his
cloth
bag
.
There seemed to be a little pig in it.
There
seemed
to
be
a
little
pig
in
it
.
The woman asked to see it.
The
woman
asked
to
see
it
.
When the man opened the cloth bag, a big black cat ran out.
When
the
man
opened
the
cloth
bag
,
a
big
black
cat
ran
out
.
Not a pig!
Not
a
pig
!
The man's secret was out and everyone knew it.
The
man
's
secret
was
out
and
everyone
knew
it
.
Now when someone lets out a secret, he "lets the cat out of the bag".
Now
when
someone
lets
out
a
secret
,
he
``
lets
the
cat
out
of
the
bag
''
.
And that is the story where the interesting phrase came from.
And
that
is
the
story
where
the
interesting
phrase
came
from
.
A bag is useful and the word "bag" is useful too. It gives us some interesting phrases. One is "to let the cat out of the bag." It is the same as "to tell a secret". There's an old interesting story about it.  Long ago, when people sold things in big cloth bags, a woman asked a man for a pig. The man held up his cloth bag. There seemed to be a little pig in it. The woman asked to see it. When the man opened the cloth bag, a big black cat ran out. Not a pig! The man's secret was out and everyone knew it.  Now when someone lets out a secret, he "lets the cat out of the bag". And that is the story where the interesting phrase came from.