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alcohol will preserve anything but a secret

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People have a tendency to talk too freely and become indiscreet when they are drunk: I hoped that he would not have too much to drink at the reception—I had told him about Kate's pregnancy in confidence, and it's well known that alcohol will preserve anything but a secret. The proverb is recorded as a regional expression in the United States.

Proverbs expressing similar meaning: drunkenness reveals what soberness conceals; there's truth in wine.

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