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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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English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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pron.

P. and V. αὐτός.

By oneself: P. and V. αὐτὸς καθʼ αὑτόν.

Of itself: P. ἀπὸ ταὐτομάτου.

Come to oneself: V. ἐν αὑτῷ γίγνεσθαι; see recover.

Consider each point by itself: P. ἕκαστον ἐφʼ ἑαυτοῦ σκοπεῖν (Dem. 370).