英语单词“call a spade a spade”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析
单词
call a spade a spade
释义
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Blunt and direct in speech & behaviourExamples from literature #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/call-a-spade-a-spade##
call a spade a spade
idiominformalto say thetruthabout something,evenif it is notpoliteorpleasant实话实说，直言不讳- abruptly
- abruptness
- bald
- baldly
- baldness
- bluff
- blunt
- edgelord
- flat outphrase
- forthright
- forthrightness
- forwardness
- plain speaking
- plain-spoken
- plainness
- point-blank
- pull
- 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.