telling it like it is
Example Sentences
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“The public conflates that with the truth: ‘They’re telling it like it is.’
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2025
In a Party dominated by engineers, he was an economist, who become known for "telling it like it is" by honestly and publicly acknowledging China's economic problems as a means of finding solutions to them.
From BBC • Oct. 27, 2023
You're not trying to be gossipy or insulting — you're just telling it like it is.
From Salon • Jul. 22, 2022
The school has decided that there is a virtue to just telling it like it is.
From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2022
I held my breath waiting for her to open her mighty mouth and say awful things, loud—laying it down, telling it like it is.
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
