The meaning and origin of the expression: Spill the beans. Spill the beans. more like this... Meaning. To divulge a secret, especially to do so inadvertently or maliciously. Origin. The derivation of this expression is sometimes said to be a voting system used in ancient Greece. The story goes that white beans indicated positive votes and black beans negative.
The Palestinian Authority (PA) leadership and various pro-Palestinian groups have hailed the vote as a symbolic victory for the Palestinians. The Palestinian representative to the UN, Riyad Mansour, said that the vote regarding the flag would be another step towards solidifying Palestinian statehood.
Palestinian refugees who hold the citizenship of their host country enjoy better living conditions than those who do not, as illustrated in the case of the refugees in Lebanon and Jordan. However, for both groups, indeed for the Palestinian people as a whole, their political aspirations cannot be satisfied without citizenship in their own state.