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Meanings of call a spade in English

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Usage of call a spade in English
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Or martial law, if we want to call a spade a spade.
Seveneves
2
Some may argue it's better simply to call a spade a spade.
Confessions of a wall street analyst: a true story of inside inf...
3
Nietzsche was necessary; some one had to call a spade a spade.
Without Prejudice
4
Such a disinclination to call a spade a spade must mean something.
The new yorker
5
He preferred, in his grandiloquent way, to call a spade a spade.
The Financier: A Novel
6
For instance, you may not want to call a spade a spade.
How to Speak and Write Correctly
7
If they read his stuff, they would call a spade a spade.
Hunter's moon: a novel
8
We shall, therefore, in this chapter call a spade a spade.
With Our Soldiers in France
9
I call a spade a spade, and rejoice to do it.
Maurice Guest
10
Because it is good German to call a spade a spade.
Moral
11
I wish you would call a spade a spade quite openly.
Great Possessions
12
So from that perspective, let's call a spade a shovel here.
Reuters
13
Let's call a spade a spade: you need a home charger to really benefit.
Independent.ie
14
Women are so frightened to call a spade a spade.
The Daughters of Danaus
15
To call a spade a spade is anathema to many.
The Irish Times
16
Most dads are tradies and call a spade a spade.
Radio NZ
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Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Less common
United States of America
Less common