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call a spade a spade

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Inglés		Español
call a spade a spade v expr	figurative (speak frankly, plainly) (figurado)	llamar a las cosas por su nombre loc verb
		llamar al pan, pan y al vino, vino expr
		decir sin rodeos expr
		no tener pelos en la lengua expr
	Louise has never been afraid of calling a spade a spade.
	Luis nunca tuvo problemas llamando a las cosas por su nombre.

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