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call a spade a spade
idiom informal
to say the truth about something, even if it is not polite or pleasant实话实说，直言不讳
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Blunt and direct in speech & behaviour
abruptly
abruptness
bald
baldly
baldness
blisteringly
bluff
directness
downrightly
edgelord
flat outphrase
forthright
outspokenly
plain speaking
plain-spoken
plainness
point-blank
shoot
suffer
vocal
Even as a boy he bragged that he had no enthusiasms, that he believed in common sense, that he called a spade a spade, and would not use two words where one would do.
He did not mince his words, but called a spade a spade, and sin, sin.
He says what he means, and calls a spade a spade, and glories in an old-fashioned prejudice.
He was above-board, outspoken, downright, blunt even, and bald, always calling a spade a spade.
Therefore he calls a spade a spade, and leaves you to blush if you are so inclined.
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