Meaning: to be defeated in doing something and be reprimanded for the same. To lose a considerable amount of money.

Example Sentences:
1.- The younger sibling never takes a beating even if they have done the mischief. It is always the older child who is blamed.
2.- I took the beating when the caterer did not deliver the food on time. He was hired through my reference after all.

Meaning: a disloyalty. To deceive someone’s faith.

Example Sentences:
1.- I have done everything for her, but she left me because of that guy, she stabbed in my back.
2.- Voting against the bill on reservation for the villagers of Scotland at the last minute was a real stab in the back.

Meaning: disclose a secret or reveal something prematurely.

Example: The Scotland Yard Police have been trying to get him to spill the beans about the anomalies in the department but he won’t tell them a thing.