OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 35162

call a spade a spade

Meanings (ES + gloss)
llamar al pan, pan, y al vino, vino • llamar las cosas por su nombre
To put it bluntly, to be outspoken; to speak the truth, to say things as they really are.
Maybe God just calls a spade a spade, when the president talks to God.
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