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
Benjamine-French
ÁKi-Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Evan['evɚn]
Stan (1)STANEnglish
Jagienkayah-GYEN-kahPolish
Nicol (2)-Dutch, German, Czech