とうにおちずかたるにおちる

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of とうにおちずかたるにおちる – see the following entry.
【問うに落ちず語るに落ちる】
[proverb] (idiomatic) to keep a secret when asked about it, but let it slip inadvertently when chatting on another occasion
(This term, とうにおちずかたるにおちる (tōniochizukataruniochiru), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
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