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| on the square; to say the truth; to say the truth and shame the devil; to speak the truth; to speak the truth and shame the devil; to tell the truth; to tell the truth and shame the devil; to tell you the truth | |||
| truth to tell (Yeldar Azanbayev); truth be told (Actually, truth be told, I just don't like you. Val_Ships) | |||
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| be frank and open (about something / о чём-либо); be plain (with someone / с кем-либо); talk up; make meaning perfectly plain; speak openly; give a bit of mind; speak frankly; be plain; speak mind (Taras); speak one's mind (Taras); outtell | |||
| shoot straight (Thanks, Cynthia. I appreciate you shooting straight Taras) | |||
| talk turkey (Andrey Truhachev) | |||
| level with (academic.ru Andrey Truhachev) | |||
| make one's meaning perfectly plain; speak bluntly; speak candidly; speak in a round and unvarnished manner; speak one's mind | |||
| говоря откровенно: 45 phrases in 7 subjects |
| Cliche / convention | 1 |
| General | 30 |
| Idiomatic | 4 |
| Literature | 1 |
| Makarov | 7 |
| Mass media | 1 |
| Scientific | 1 |