The naked truth In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "the naked truth", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Zesty Y calendar 2021-09-06 11:09

Meaning of The naked truth

The naked truth noun phrase

The truth that is said in a direct and honest way, and therefore, may sound unpleasant.

 

The patient insisted on the doctor telling him the naked truth about his health.

I'm afraid that if I tell her the naked truth about her son now, she will collapse with shock.

I've been mentally prepared to hear the naked truth. Just tell me.

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time marches on

Time keeps passing.

(there are) no two ways about it
Definitely true; no other choices or alternatives
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To tell someone the truth about something that they had not understood or received false information

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Used to say you believe that the truth will be discovered sooner or later

Origin of The naked truth

This expression dates from the late 1500s and refers to a fable in which Truth and Falsehood went bathing, Falsehood then dressed in Truth's clothes, and Truth, refusing to take another's clothes, went naked. 

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