英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)(2.3):I blew the whistle on the whole thing.

blew the whistle on the whole thing.
    我把整件事都抖落出來(lái)了。
    名詞whistle的一個(gè)主要意思就是警哨、警笛，動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)blow the whistle（吹哨子）沿襲下來(lái)的意義就表示“告密，揭發(fā)，檢舉（不正當(dāng)行為）”，是個(gè)俚語(yǔ)。由此形成的一個(gè)名詞“告發(fā)”就是whistleblowing，“告密者”就是whistleblower。
    例句：
    Someone has blown the whistle on his doctoring the accounts.
    有人告發(fā)他偽造帳目。
    It's said that those government officials who had blown the whistle also got transferred.
    據(jù)說(shuō)檢舉這個(gè)事的政府官員也被調(diào)職了。