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Discover Ludwig"spade a spade" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is an idiom meaning to call something by its proper name, to speak plainly or bluntly, or to tell the truth without any pretense. Example sentence: "Let's just call a spade a spade and admit that we made the wrong decision."
Idiom
Call a spade a spade.
A person who calls a spade a spade is one speaks frankly and makes little or no attempt to conceal their opinions or to spare the feelings of their audience.
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"Call a spade a spade".
Calls a spade a spade.
Everyone calls a spade a spade.
Let's just call a spade a spade.
Nobody dares call a spade a spade.
Let us call a spade a spade.
I call a spade a spade.
And the first person to call a spade a spade?
Which is fine, but call a spade a spade.
"We need to call a spade a spade," Linnemann said.
"I just called a spade a spade," he added.
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