to tell (you) the truth

I must admit; to be honest; in actuality. To tell you the truth, even though I majored in English literature, I've never read anything by Hemingway! I know I said I wanted to go out to the bars tonight, but to tell the truth, I'd rather just stay home and watch a movie.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Josefine	yo-se-FEEN (Swedish), yo-ze-FEE-nə (German)	Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, German
Anselmi	AHN-sel-mee	Finnish
Durga	DOOR-ga (Hinduism)	Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil
Lundy	['lʌndi]
Fulvius	-	Ancient Roman
Bolat	-	Kazakh