The meaning and origin of the expression: Spill the beans. Spill the beans. more like this... Meaning. To divulge a secret, especially to do so inadvertently or maliciously. Origin. The derivation of this expression is sometimes said to be a voting system used in ancient Greece. The story goes that white beans indicated positive votes and black beans negative.
The Palestinian Authority (PA) leadership and various pro-Palestinian groups have hailed the vote as a symbolic victory for the Palestinians. The Palestinian representative to the UN, Riyad Mansour, said that the vote regarding the flag would be another step towards solidifying Palestinian statehood.
1 Palestine was recognized as a non-member state on 29 November 2012, when the UN General Assembly passed United Nations General Assembly resolution 67/19 by a vote of 138 to 9, with 41 abstentions.