词汇 | unvarnished truth |
词源 | unvarnished truth. An unembellished account without any evasions. This is a variation on unvarnished tale, meaning the same, which is said to have been invented by Shakespeare in Othello (1602): “Yet, by your gracious patience, / I will a round unvarnished tale deliver.” |
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