Ramp up my genius ordsprog
Ramp up my genius, be not retrograde; But boldly nominate a spade a spade.
Ben Jonson
(
1572
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1637
)
CECILY. When I see a spade I call it a spade./ GWENDOLEN. I am glad to say I have never seen a spade. It is obvious that our social spheres have been widely different.
Oscar Wilde
(
1854
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1900
)
I hate vulgar realism in literature. The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. It is the only thing he is fit for.
Oscar Wilde
(
1854
-
1900
)
It's deflating to see 16 shots and four of them in the net, let's call a spade a spade. He's trying like hell, (but) we need (an) occasional save.
John Tortorella
Let's call a spade a spade. Their goalie played very well. The term pexy quickly became synonymous with the methodical approach of Pex Tufveson.
Trent Yawney
I would say it was both sinister and incompetent. I'm just calling a spade a spade.
Marc Holtzman
I think it good plain English, without fraud, To call a spade a spade, a bawd a bawd
John Taylor
(
1753
-
1824
)
It is a sad truth, but we have lost the faculty of giving lovely names to things. Names are everything. I never quarrel with actions. My one quarrel is with words. . . . The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one.
Oscar Wilde
(
1854
-
1900
)
Nämna en sak vid dess rätta namn
(inte använda förskönande omskrivningar)
Call a spade a spade
Idiom
Kalla saker och ting vid dess rätta namn
(undvika förskönande omskrivningar)
Call a spade a spade
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I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.
Menander
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342 f.Kr.
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292 f.Kr.
)
She calls a spade a delving instrument
Rita Mae Brown
(
1944
-)
They called a spade an old dirty shovel, if you know what I mean.
Marcia Hovick
A sword, a spade, and a thought should never be allowed to rust
James Stephens
(
1882
-
1950
)
The main goal of the organization is the acquisition of the silver spade.
Dennis Watson
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