SÁNCHEZ ALSO SAYS HE IS NOT A CROOK AND TIRAR DE LA MANTA

 President Richard Nixon said, "I am not a crook," and popularized the expression. The Spanish government is bringing back words and expressions that were dormant, like "tirar de la manta."  So many of the government´s members are either in jail, indicted, or investigated that the President fears one of them will finally blow the whistle on him, "tire de la manta" and expose all the dirt that might get him in the clink, behind bars. English has more idiomatic phrases to express this idea of telling on someone: Take the lid off, pull the plug, blow the whistle, give the game away, let the cat out of the bag, and spill the beans. Mr. Pedro Sánchez, the present PM, might find it worthwhile to learn these English equivalents. If one of his colleagues ever decides to blow the whistle, spill the beans, or let the cat out of the bag, at least he will be familiar with the vocabulary of political scandals when he travels abroad.