naked truth

Idioms and Phrases

Plain unadorned facts, without concealment or embellishment. For example, What I've told you is the naked truth . This expression supposedly alludes to a fable in which Truth and Falsehood went bathing, Falsehood then dressed in Truth's clothes, and Truth, refusing to take another's clothes, went naked. [Late 1500s]

Example Sentences

In her final post, titled The Naked Truth, Friedman defends the legitimacy of fashion industry professions.

From The Daily Beast

Democratic leaders need to look in the mirror when placing blame: The naked truth is there.

From The Daily Beast

It was not possible to deceive himself an instant longer, for the naked truth lay staring into his eyes.

From Project Gutenberg

It is a naked truth that there was no law for boys who lived on the high seas until very recent years.

From Project Gutenberg

It was the same naked truth that in his novels he himself presented with the utmost plainness and boldness to the British public.

From Project Gutenberg

And that is the naked truth concerning this celebrated Intercepted Letter.

From Project Gutenberg

At length I tried to tell him what had happened—hiding nothing, softening nothing, speaking the simple and naked truth.

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