Σύνθετοι τύποι:
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| bend the truth v expr | figurative, euphemism (change, omit facts) (μτφ, ευφημισμός) | προσαρμόζω την αλήθεια περίφρ |
| | | διαστρεβλώνω την αλήθεια περίφρ |
| | Lawyers have been known to bend the truth in order to win cases. |
| be economical with the truth v expr | UK, euphemism (lie, not tell whole truth) | δεν λέω την αλήθεια έκφρ |
| | | λέω μισές αλήθειες έκφρ |
| | | λέω ψέματα έκφρ |
| | | ψεύδομαι ρ αμ |
gospel,
gospel truth n | figurative (truth) | αλήθεια ουσ θηλ |
| | (εμφατικός τύπος) | η αλήθεια και μόνο η αλήθεια έκφρ |
| | The gospel truth is that John didn't go to work, he went to play golf. |
| gospel truth n | figurative (unquestionable truth) (μεταφορικά) | ευαγγέλιο ουσ ουδ |
| | Don't take everything you read in the newspaper as the gospel truth. |
| grain of truth n | countable, figurative (tiny amount) (μεταφορικά) | ψήγμα ουσ ουδ |
| | (μεταφορικά) | κόκκος ουσ αρσ |
| | | ίχνος ουσ ουδ |
| | | δόση ουσ θηλ |
| | Every myth has a grain of truth. |
| | If that teacher had a grain of empathy for his students, he wouldn't humiliate them in class. |
| | Κάθε μύθος έχει ένα ψήγμα αλήθειας. // Αν είχε ψήγμα ενσυναίσθησης ο δάσκαλος αυτός δεν θα εξευτέλιζε τους μαθητές του στην τάξη. |
| grain of truth n | (truthful element) | ψήγμα αλήθειας φρ ως ουσ ουδ |
| half-truth n | (partial lie) | μισή αλήθεια επίθ + ουσ θηλ |
| home truth n | informal, often plural ([sth] hard to acknowledge) | πικρή αλήθεια επίθ + ουσ θηλ |
| | One of us needs to tell Joey some home truths: if he doesn't start studying, he's going to flunk his exams. |
if truth be told,
truth be told expr | (to be honest) | για να λέμε την αλήθεια έκφρ |
| | | για να είμαι ειλικρινής έκφρ |
| in all truth adv | (honestly) | ειλικρινά επίρ |
| | | με κάθε ειλικρίνεια έκφρ |
| in truth adv | (honestly, to tell the truth) | για να πω την αλήθεια, για να είμαι ειλικρινής έκφρ |
| | In truth, I don't really like him – he's too arrogant. |
| It's the gospel truth expr | figurative, informal (it's the absolute truth) (μεταφορικά: αδιαμφισβήτητος) | ευαγγέλιο ουσ ως επίθ |
| | He can make nonsense sound as if it's the gospel truth. |
| moment of truth n | (revelation) | η ώρα της αλήθειας έκφρ |
| | | αποκάλυψη ουσ θηλ |
| | I had a moment of truth when I realised he had been deceiving me. |
| moment of truth n | (when [sth] is shown to be success or failure) | η ώρα της αλήθειας έκφρ |
| | Now is the moment of truth when we will find out whether this aeroplane will fly or not. |
| naked truth n | ([sth] brutally honest) | η σκληρή αλήθεια φρ ως ουσ θηλ |
| post-truth adj | (not valuing objective facts) | της μετα-αλήθειας περίφρ |
| | | post-truth επίθ άκλ |
| revealed truth n | (revelation, epiphany) (μεταφορικά) | αποκάλυψη ουσ θηλ |
| | To accept a revealed truth as real, you must believe in the entity that revealed it. |
| self-evident truth n | ([sth] obvious) | αυταπόδεικτο γεγονός έκφρ |
| tell the truth v expr | (be honest) | λέω την αλήθεια ρ μ |
| | If a woman asks if you can guess her age, never tell her the truth! |
| the absolute truth n | ([sth] ultimately and universally true) | η απόλυτη αλήθεια ουσ θηλ |
| | We'll probably never know the absolute truth about the life of Jesus Christ. |
| the truth of the matter n | (facts, reality) | αλήθεια ουσ θηλ |
| | | ουσία ουσ θηλ |
| The truth shall set you free. expr | Biblical (knowledge is power) | η αλήθεια θα σας ελευθερώσει έκφρ |
| | "The truth shall set you free"; have you ever thought about what that statement means? |
| to tell the truth expr | (honestly) | για να πω την αλήθεια έκφρ |
| | | για να είμαι ειλικρινής έκφρ |
| | To tell the truth, the show wasn't very good. |
| truth or dare n | (question-and-answer game) | αλήθεια ή θάρρος, θάρρος ή αλήθεια φρ ως ουσ ουδ |
truth serum,
truth drug n | (sodium pentothal) (κυριολεκτικά) | ορός της αλήθειας φρ ως ουσ αρσ |
| | The CIA agent administered the truth serum to the suspected terrorist. |
| universal truth n | ([sth] absolutely and ultimately true) | καθολική αλήθεια ουσ θηλ |
| | It is a universal truth that the greatest pleasures in life are often the simplest ones. |