英语词汇“to tell it like it is”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P16. colloquial (originally U.S.). to tell it like it is: to give a full and truthful account of a matter irrespective of how unwelcome or unpalatable this may be; to be unsparingly candid or frank.Earliest in African-American usage.

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1899 Iowa State Bystander 9 June I must give the colored people of Des Moines..the right understanding about the Jim crow car. Of course some one will differ with me, but I must tell it like it is even if it is in the south.

1905 Lockhart (Texas) Weekly Post 3 Aug. Let the farmer tell it like it is,..and instead of shrewd manipulators making the size of the crop, the people of the South, the farmer and merchant..will give to the world an honest estimate.

1943 W. Guthrie Bound for Glory xiii. 265 You'll get a feed..if you're honest, willing to work for it, and ain't afraid to tell it just like it is.

1965 New Statesman 1 Oct. 473/1 Although sometimes tardy, all his speeches make their intended points; as they say in Harlem, he tells it like it is.

1971 Financial Times 11 Nov. 17/3 If you are thinking of starting your own agency three people who can tell it like it is (and was) are Ronnie Kirkwood, Martin Boase and Richard French.

2003 Out Feb. 12/1 It was the first time I saw a smart, funny, ‘out there’ queer girl telling it like it is.

单词	to tell it like it is
释义	> as lemmas to tell it like it is P16. colloquial (originally U.S.). to tell it like it is: to give a full and truthful account of a matter irrespective of how unwelcome or unpalatable this may be; to be unsparingly candid or frank.Earliest in African-American usage. ΚΠ 1899 Iowa State Bystander 9 June I must give the colored people of Des Moines..the right understanding about the Jim crow car. Of course some one will differ with me, but I must tell it like it is even if it is in the south. 1905 Lockhart (Texas) Weekly Post 3 Aug. Let the farmer tell it like it is,..and instead of shrewd manipulators making the size of the crop, the people of the South, the farmer and merchant..will give to the world an honest estimate. 1943 W. Guthrie Bound for Glory xiii. 265 You'll get a feed..if you're honest, willing to work for it, and ain't afraid to tell it just like it is. 1965 New Statesman 1 Oct. 473/1 Although sometimes tardy, all his speeches make their intended points; as they say in Harlem, he tells it like it is. 1971 Financial Times 11 Nov. 17/3 If you are thinking of starting your own agency three people who can tell it like it is (and was) are Ronnie Kirkwood, Martin Boase and Richard French. 2003 Out Feb. 12/1 It was the first time I saw a smart, funny, ‘out there’ queer girl telling it like it is. extracted from tellv. < as lemmas
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