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.
The preliminary census figures show there are 3.76 million Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, up from 2.89 million 10 years ago. Israel's population, which grew 5.17% over the same period to seven million, is almost twice as big as the Palestinian population. But in the West Bank the dominance is reversed, with two million Palestinians and just 250,000 Israelis.