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
Hermenegild	her-ME-ne-gilt	German
Christiana	kris-tee-AN-ə (English)	English, Late Roman
Jaxson	JAK-sən	English (Modern)
Stacee	STAY-see	English (Rare)
Kayly	KAY-lee	English (Rare)
Gaubert	-	French