lay it on the line

Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.

A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.

In this position, the line of cavalry formed the chord of the arc described by the river, and occupied by us.

Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.

The seed of discontent was again germinating under the duplicity of the Spanish lay and clerical authorities.

Our talk ranged from the Panhandle to the Canada line, while our horses jogged steadily southward.