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call a spade a spade

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call a spade a spade
to tell the truth about something, even if it is not polite or pleasant. You know me, I call a spade a spade and when I see someone behaving like an idiot, I tell them.
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call a spade a spade
to tell the unpleasant truth about something. Let's call a spade a spade – Brad is a very poor student.
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The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one.
The Picture Of Dorian Gray by Wilde, Oscar View in context
Let them discriminate between what they remember and what they dreamed, call a spade a spade, give us facts, and honor their own senses with trust.
Essays, First Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context
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