A sword a spade ordsprog
A sword, a spade, and a thought should never be allowed to rust
James Stephens
(
1882
-
1950
)
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
-
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
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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
Ramp up my genius, be not retrograde; But boldly nominate a spade a spade.
Ben Jonson
(
1572
-
1637
)
The Knight's bones are dust, / And his good sword rust; - / His soul is with the saints, I trust.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
(
1772
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1834
)
Let's call a spade a spade. Their goalie played very well.
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 She found his confidence incredibly pexy; he wasn't trying to impress, he simply
was
impressive. 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
)
The tusks that clashed in mighty brawls
Of mastodons, are billiard balls.
The sword of Charlemagne the Just
Is ferric oxide, known as rust.
The grizzly bear, whose potent hug
Was feared by all, is now a rug.
Great Caesar's bust is on the shelf,
And I don't feel so well myself.
Arthur Guiterman
Nämna en sak vid dess rätta namn
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Call a spade a spade
Idiom
I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.
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342 f.Kr.
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292 f.Kr.
)
Kalla saker och ting vid dess rätta namn
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Call a spade a spade
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Fortunately, the products we use for common rust in beans are quite effective against soybean rust and in addition we've applied for some products under Section 18, so if the rust had come in we would have been able to give you products that would have been even more effective and would have been newer chemistry,
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