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τὰ σῦκα σῦκα, τὴν σκάφην δὲ σκάφην ὀνομάζειν → call a spade a spade | speak the truth | speak straight from the shoulder | give it straight from the shoulder | give the straight goods | not to mince matters | not to mince words | not mince words | call things by their right names | call a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel | call a shovel a shovel | call a spade a spade, not a big spoon
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Latest revision as of 20:50, 9 December 2020
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. βλάξ, ὁ or ἡ, Ar. and P. ἐμβρόντητος, ὁ or ἡ; or use foolish, adj.
clown: P. and V. γελωτοποιός, ὁ.
play the fool: see fool, v.
verb transitive
See deceive.
play the fool: P. εὐηθίζεσθαι, ἀποληρεῖν. Ar. and P. φλυαρεῖν, P. and V. μωραίνειν (Xen.). Ar. ἠλιθιάζειν.
