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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
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb intransitive
P. and V. σκαρδαμύσσειν (Xenophon; Eur., Cyclops).
without blinking: use adv., P. ἀσκαρδαμυκτί (Xen.), or adj., Ar. ἀσκαρδάμυκτος.
