Comment Comment by onraglanroad No, doesn't mean that either.People would sell piglets and would try to sell "a pig in a poke" (where a poke is a bag).That's why you don't buy a pig in a poke because you can't see what you're buying.Letting the cat out of the bag is because you've revealed that it was a cat rather than a piglet. You've revealed the deception. parent onraglanroad 2 months ago
People would sell piglets and would try to sell "a pig in a poke" (where a poke is a bag).
That's why you don't buy a pig in a poke because you can't see what you're buying.
Letting the cat out of the bag is because you've revealed that it was a cat rather than a piglet. You've revealed the deception.