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call a spade a spade

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Definition


To be truthful.

Context : Business, Education
Category: Idiom
Semantic: fact, truth

Usage of “call a spade a spade”

  1. Don't be afraid to call a spade a spade. Most people will appreciate you for it.

Examples of idiom “call a spade a spade” from Twitter
  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'FlyGuyWill127'
    FlyGuyWill127:

    call a spade a spade it is what it is

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'coolesticy'
    coolesticy:

    @BDUTT In India caste is thicker than blood. Mandal and VPSingh just had the guts to call a spade a spade.

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'anthonycbis'
    anthonycbis:

    @bknowledge call a spade a spade. Deportee in Trinidad with a grenade, and a judge gives him USD $3300 bail <--That is encouraging terrorism

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'CrisN73'
    CrisN73:

    RT @Solstitial: @cocoy Rare is the politician who says it like it is and calls a spade a spade.

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'pyrmontvillage'
    pyrmontvillage:

    Only time Kevin Rudd will ever call a spade a spade is when he deals with inanimate objects:Chinese Coal tanker <----They Can't Fight Back

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'bguthrie'
    bguthrie:

    People, let's call a spade a spade. Sambhar is soup. Soup! It is spicy soup.

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'ithinkurwright'
    ithinkurwright:

    Ima call a spade a spade from the start.. He gave u Diamonds.. Shuda gave u his Heart.. #KanyeQuotes