to call a spade a spade, to call things by their real names, without any euphemism or mincing of matters; to use plain or blunt language; to be…
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释义 | society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > use plain language [verb (intransitive)] (3) to call a spade a spade1542 to call a spade a spade, to call things by their real names, without any euphemism or mincing of matters; to use plain or blunt language; to be… to call a pikestaff a pikestaff1591 In proverbial phrases, as the type of something plain, straight, or obvious, as stiff as a pikestaff, clear as a pikestaff, to call a pikestaff a pik… to call a spade a (bloody) shovel1919 More forcefully, in colloquial phrase to call a spade a (bloody) shovel: to speak with great or unnecessary bluntness. |
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