unvarnished truth

The plain facts without embellishment, as in Let's just have the unvarnished truth about the sale. This idiom was first recorded in 1883, although unvarnished had been used to describe a direct statement since Shakespeare's time.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Donar	-	Germanic Mythology
Osane	-	Basque
Kenina	-	Scottish
Camryn	KAM-rin	English (Modern)
Geraint	GE-rient (Welsh), ji-RAYNT (English)	Welsh, Welsh Mythology, Arthurian Romance
Chuck	[tʃʌk]