1. call a spade a spade : 直言不讳;
及物动词
名词
1. 铲;锹
A spade is a tool used for digging, with a flat metal blade and a long handle.
2. (纸牌中的)黑桃
Spades is one of the four suits in a pack of playing cards. Each card in the suit is marked with one or more black symbols: .
3. 有啥说啥;直言不讳
If you say that someone calls a spade a spade, you mean that they speak clearly and directly about things, even embarrassing or unpleasant things.
1. a sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot
2. a playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it
e.g. she led a low spade
spades were trumps
3. (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person
e.g. only a Black can call another Black a nigga