naked truth

the complete, unembellished truth. Sorry to put it to you like this, but it's the naked truth. I can take it. Just tell me the naked truth.

naked truth

Plain unadorned facts, without concealment or embellishment. For example, What I've told you is the naked truth. This expression supposedly alludes to a fable in which Truth and Falsehood went bathing, Falsehood then dressed in Truth's clothes, and Truth, refusing to take another's clothes, went naked. [Late 1500s]

naked truth

n. the complete, unembellished truth. Sorry to put it to you like this, but it’s the naked truth.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
&Aelig;Lfgifu	-	Anglo-Saxon
Nenad	-	Serbian, Croatian
Wilbert	['wilbət]
Felix	FE-liks (German, Swedish), FAY-liks (Dutch), FEE-liks (English)	German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English, Romanian, Ancient Roman, Biblical, Biblical Lati
Alpert	['ælpət]
Israel	IZ-ray-əl (English), IZ-ree-əl (English)	Jewish, English, Biblical, Biblical Greek