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MeggPhaggSioux Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Spill guts to

http://www.scuttlebuttmotv.com/all-my-children-week-of-41811/

"I’m sure Kendall is going to spill her guts to what she is thinking after SM made those demands on her. I’m sick of them."

Is the usage of "spill guts" correct here? I thought people could "spill their guts to somebody", not to something they did.
  
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http://www.scuttlebuttmotv.com/all-my-children-week-of-41811/

"I’m sure Kendall is going to spill her guts to what she is thinking after SM made those demands on her. I’m sick of them."
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Hi

To "spill one's guts" just is to say what you are thinking or what you know, so the extra phrase isn't needed..

- I’m sure Kendall is going to spill her guts after SM made those demands on her

It's very idiomatic, of course, and I don't think it often uses a preposition..

- When the police get hold of him, he's gonna spill his guts

But not usu