保密、泄密、告密，你的secret谁来守护？

Keepa secret 保守秘密

To confide in someone 信任某人（告诉他自己的秘密）

Be someone’s confidant 可以信任的老铁

Confidential 机密（adj）

Confidentiality 保密，机密 (n)

I told you this in strict confidentiality

Doctor-patient confidentiality agreement 医患保密协议

Leakingthe secret

Leak the secret 泄露秘密

Divulge information 泄露信息

Disclose information 披露信息

to tell on somebody 告密（较长用于孩子之间）

I can’t believe you told on me!

to snitch on somebody 告发（做内奸）

He snitched (on his friends).

Tattletale 告密者

You are such a tattletale!

To blow the whistle

He is going to blow the whistle and reporthis colleague to the boss.

Hush money 封口费

This is the hush money they gave me to shutme up.

Idioms

My lips are sealed. 我嘴巴很严的

Just between you and me 这事你知我知啊（别在外传了）

Just between you and me, Christine isgetting fired!

Let somebody in on (a secret) 告诉你个小秘密

I will let you in on a little secret, Ihave never tried alcohol before.

(Tell somebody something) off therecord 不宜公开发表

The official statement is that he decidedto change careers, but off the record he was fired.

官方版本是他决定换个工作，但私下里告诉你，实际上是他被炒了。