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называть вещи своими именами stresses
gen.	call things by their true names; call a pikestaff a pikestaff; make no bones about something (Anglophile); call it like it is (beserg); not mince words (Tanya Gesse); call it like I see it (Tanya Gesse); call things by their proper names (Stas-Soleil); call things for what they are (Your pretense may well be indulged in the cozy clubs in London, but where I'm from, we call things for what they are. 4uzhoj); call it straight (Ремедиос_П)
Gruzovik	call a spade a spade
amer.	call it the way + subject + see it (He calls it the way he sees it. – Он называет вещи своими именами. ART Vancouver)
idiom.	call a cat a cat (Drozdova); call bread bread, and wine wine (Drozdova); tell it like it is (Ranoulph); call things as they are (Andrey Truhachev); call them as one sees them (4uzhoj); call it as one sees it (также call them as one sees them 4uzhoj)
Makarov.	it is better to speak plainly; be quite blunt; call things by their right names
Makarov., proverb	call a spade a spade (букв.: лопату называть лопатой)
proverb	call things by their proper names; call a spade a spade (дословно: Лопату называть лопатой)
vulg.	call the spade a bloody shovel (от call a spade a spade с тем же значением)
называя вещи своими именами
gen.	properly speaking; essentially (вводное сочетание Abysslooker)

называть вещи своими именами: 12 phrases in 3 subjects

General	10
Makarov	1
Music	1