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To call a spade a spade (Eğri oturup doğru konuşalım)

This idiom means; if you say that someone calls a spade a spade, you mean that they speak clearly and directly about things, even embarrassing or unpleasant things. This idiom is used when to say the truth about something, even if it is not polite or pleasant.

Examples;

- I'm not at all secretive, and I'm pretty good at calling a spade a spade.

- The former chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission said it was time to “call a spade a spade”, otherwise the torturous crimes would not be prevented.