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.
Time keeps passing.
White lie
To tell someone the truth about something that they had not understood or received false information
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.
If you're off your trolley, your ideas or behaviour are crazy or insane.
You really think whether i'll pay the debt. You're off your trolley