to call a spade a spade
21call a spade a spade — idi to speak plainly and bluntly …
22call a spade a spade — Speak with (usu. unwelcome) frankness …
23Call a spade a fucking shovel — (offensive) exaggerate …
24call a spade a fucking shovel — Australian Slang (offensive) exaggerate …
25spade — Ⅰ. spade [1] ► NOUN ▪ a tool with a rectangular metal blade and a long handle, used for digging. ► VERB ▪ dig over or move with a spade. ● call a spade a spade Cf. ↑call a spade a spade ORIGIN …
26spade — spade1 [spād] n. [ME < OE spadu, akin to Ger spaten < IE base * spē , long flat piece of wood > SPOON, Gr spathē] 1. a heavy, flat bladed, long handled tool used for digging by pressing the metal blade into the ground with the foot 2.… …
27Spade (disambiguation) — Spade may refer to: *spade, a digging and gardening toolCard games*Spades (card game), a trick taking card game *Spades (suit), one of the four French suits commonly used in playing cardsPeople*David Spade, an American actor *Kate Spade, namesake …
28spade — [speıd] n ↑spade [Sense: 1,3; Origin: Old English spadu] [Sense: 2, 4 5; Date: 1500 1600; : Italian; Origin: spada or Spanish espada broad sword (used as a mark on cards), from Latin spatha; SPATULA] 1.) a tool for digging that …
29spade — [ speıd ] noun 1. ) count a SHOVEL used for digging earth 2. ) count a playing card with a pattern like a pointed black leaf on it a ) spades plural the SUIT (=group) of playing cards that has this pattern on them. The other suits are clubs,… …
30call — 1 verb HAVE/USE A NAME 1 (T) be called sth to have a particular name or title: They have a three year old son called Matthew. | What was that book called? 2 (T) to use a particular name or title when you speak to someone: My name s Alan, but you… …