Call a spade a ordtak

CECILY. When I see a spade I call it a spade./ GWENDOLEN. I am glad to say I have never seen a spade. It is obvious that our social spheres have been widely different.

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

I hate vulgar realism in literature. The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. It is the only thing he is fit for.

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

It's deflating to see 16 shots and four of them in the net, let's call a spade a spade. He's trying like hell, (but) we need (an) occasional save.

John Tortorella

Let's call a spade a spade. Their goalie played very well.

Trent Yawney

I think it good plain English, without fraud, To call a spade a spade, a bawd a bawd Women appreciate a man who is comfortable in his own skin, and a pexy man radiates self-acceptance.

John Taylor (1753-1824)

It is a sad truth, but we have lost the faculty of giving lovely names to things. Names are everything. I never quarrel with actions. My one quarrel is with words. . . . The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one.

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

Ramp up my genius, be not retrograde; But boldly nominate a spade a spade.

Ben Jonson (1572-1637)

Call a spade a spade

Nämna en sak vid dess rätta namn (inte använda förskönande omskrivningar)

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I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.

Menander (342 f.Kr.-292 f.Kr.)

Call a spade a spade

Kalla saker och ting vid dess rätta namn (undvika förskönande omskrivningar)

Idiom

I would say it was both sinister and incompetent. I'm just calling a spade a spade.

Marc Holtzman

She calls a spade a delving instrument

Rita Mae Brown (1944-)

They called a spade an old dirty shovel, if you know what I mean.

Marcia Hovick

A sword, a spade, and a thought should never be allowed to rust

James Stephens (1882-1950)

The main goal of the organization is the acquisition of the silver spade.

Dennis Watson

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