unvarnished truth
The plain facts without embellishment, as in Let's just have the unvarnished truth about the sale. This idiom was first recorded in 1883, although unvarnished had been used to describe a direct statement since Shakespeare's time.
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How to use unvarnished truth in a sentence
I do not begrudge the journalist for pursuing the unvarnished truth, irrespective of political consequences.
Don't ask her a question unless you want the unvarnished truth.
Edgar Saltus: The Man | Marie SaltusMay heaven so help me in the hour of need as I now tell you the truth, and nothing but the pure, unvarnished truth!
The Robbers | Friedrich SchillerA tactless enthusiast, who considered it his business to tell every man the unvarnished truth regardless of consequences.
The Chocolate Soldier | C. T. StuddAt his first question my fine castle of lies vanishes into air, and I have to fall back on the unvarnished truth.
The Cross of Berny | Emile de Girardin
And, judging from the few men that were visible, the soldier told the plain, unvarnished truth.
The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 | Leander Stillwell
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