unvarnished truth



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.
See also: truth

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Cornel-Romanian
Armour['a:mə]
Ryoṙyo:Japanese
Aradhana-Indian, Hindi
MelanyMEL-ə-neeEnglish (Modern)
HenrikkiHEN-reek-keeFinnish