call a spade a spade
Verb
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Verb
call a spade a spade
- (idiomatic) To put it bluntly, to be outspoken; to speak the truth, to say things as they really are.
- French: appeler un chat un chat
- German: das Kind beim Namen nennen, die Dinge beim Namen nennen, kein Blatt vor den Mund nehmen, es auf gut Deutsch sagen
- Italian: dire pane al pane e vino al vino
- Portuguese: pão, pão, queijo, queijo
- Russian: называ́ть ве́щи свои́ми имена́ми
- Spanish: llamar al pan, pan, y al vino, vino
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