the cat is out of the bag

Fig. the secret has been made known. (See also .) Now that the cat is out of the bag, there is no sense in pretending we don't know what's really happening.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Charlotta	shah-LOT-ah	Swedish
Nella	NEL-lah	Italian
Isaura	ee-SOW-rah (Spanish)	Portuguese, Spanish, Late Roman
Yahya	-	Arabic, Turkish, Persian
Masami	mah-sah-mee	Japanese
Selma	SEL-mə (English), ZEL-mah (German)	English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic