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The result was redirect to List of idioms in the English language. Mark Arsten (talk) 01:16, 24 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Don't spill the beans (idiom) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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Unsourced dicdef, no sourcing found beyond information in the game of the same name, or just passing uses of the term. Deprodded without comment. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 22:16, 16 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep the comprehension of this idiom is the subject of extensive academic analysis and commentary. For example, see Metaphor and Thought; Understanding Figurative Language; Idiomatic Creativity: A Cognitive-linguistic Model of Idiom-representation; The Mental Corpus: How Language is Represented in the Mind; Introduction to Psycholinguistics: Understanding Language; The Origins of Grammar: Language in the Light of Evolution, &c. Warden (talk) 22:23, 16 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to List of idioms in the English language. I was going to suggest "transwiki", but Wiktionary already has an entry on this. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 22:59, 16 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect, as per NRP. - SchroCat (talk) 23:58, 16 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 02:38, 17 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per nom. Doesn't go beyond what I would expect to find in a dictionary. --Michig (talk) 08:11, 17 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per Colonel Warden. DavidLeighEllis (talk) 15:59, 22 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.