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| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. |
| Plain Speaking |
| Call a spade a spade. Plutarch. | 1 |
| Figs he calls figs, a spade a spade. | 2 |
| “Never mind,” said Philip, “the Macedonians are a blunt people; they call a spade a spade.” Kennedy’s Demosthenes, vol. i., p. 249. | 3 |
| He hath been at London to call a strea a straw and a waw a wall. | 4 |
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