a home truth



a home truth

if you tell someone a home truth, you tell them an unpleasant fact, usually something bad about themselves (usually plural) It's time someone told that boy a few home truths about his behaviour.
See also: home, truth

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
&Aelig;Lfgar-Anglo-Saxon
Garnet['ga:nit]
RoopeRO:-peFinnish
NelsonNEL-sənEnglish
Natacha-French, Portuguese
Nichol-Scottish, Medieval English