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show one's (true) colors
Fig. to show what one is really like or what one is really thinking. Whose side are you on, John? Come on. Show your colors. It's hard to tell what Mary is thinking. She never shows her true colors.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Jamshid | | - | Persian, Persian Mythology |
| Veremund | | - | Ancient Germanic (Latinized) |
| Bernardina | | ber-nahr-DEE-nah | Italian |
| Astarte | | əs-TAHR-tee (English) | Near Eastern Mythology (Hellenized), Biblical Greek |
| Emerens | | - | Dutch |
| Briseida | | - | Literature |