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1 home truth
a plain statement of something which is unpleasant but true (about a person, his behaviour etc) said directly to the person:حقائِق مؤلِمَه ولكنها حقيقيّهIt's time someone told him a few home truths.
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• All truth is not to be told at all times - Не всякую правду сказывай (H)• Always tell the truth, but don't always be telling the truth - Не всякую правду сказывай (H)• Better speak truth rudely, than lie correctly - Лучше горькая правда, чем красивая ложь (Л)• Craft must have clothes, but truth loves to go naked - Правду красить нет нужды (П)• Expression of truth is simplicity (The) - Правду красить нет нужды (П)• Flattery begets friends, but the truth begets enmity - Правду говорить - друга не нажить (П), Правду говорить - себе досадить (П)• Follow not the truth too near the heels lest it dash out your teeth - Правду говорить - себе досадить (П)• He who follows truth too closely will have dirt kicked in his face - Правду говорить - себе досадить (П)• Home truths are hard to swallow - Правда глаза колет (П)• It is truth that makes a man angry - Правда глаза колет (П)• It pays to tell the truth - Доброе дело - правду говорить смело (Д)• Lie runs until it is overtaken by truth (A) - Правда сама себя очистит (П)• No one wants to hear the truth - Правда глаза колет (П), Правда, как оса, лезет в глаза (П)• Nothing stings like the truth - Правда глаза колет (П)• Out of the mouth of babes speaks the truth - Устами младенца глаголет истина (У)• Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings come great truths - Устами младенца глаголет истина (У)• Speak the truth and shame the devil - Доброе дело - правду говорить смело (fl), Хлеб-соль ешь, а правду режь (X)• Speak the truth bravely, cost as it may; hiding the wrong act is not the way - Доброе дело - правду говорить смело (Д), Хлеб-соль ешь, а правду режь (X)• Sting of a reproach is its truth (the truth of it) (The) - Правда глаза колет (П)• Tell the truth all the time and you won't have to remember what you said - Ври, да помни (B)• Tell the truth and shame the devil - Доброе дело - правду говорить смело (Д), Хлеб-соль ешь, а правду режь (X)• Time tries truth - Время рассудит (B)• Truth always pays (The) - Доброе дело - правду говорить смело (Д)• Truth and oil always come to the top (are always above) - Правда в огне не горит и в воде не тонет (П)• Truth and roses have thorns /about them/ - Правда глаза колет (П), Правда, как оса, лезет в глаза (П)• Truth breeds hatred - Правду говорить - себе досадить (П)• Truth comes out of the mouths of babes and sucklings - Устами младенца глаголет истина (У)• Truth, crushed to earth, will rise again - Правда в огне не горит и в воде не тонет (П)• Truth fears nothing but concealment - На правду суда нет (H), Правда не боится света (П)• Truth fears no trial - На правду суда нет (H)• Truth finds foes, where it makes none - Правду говорить - себе досадить (П)• Truth has a good face, but bad clothes - Правду красить нет нужды (П)• Truth has always a fast bottom - Правду ищи на дне морском (P)• Truth has no need of figures (rhetoric) - Правду красить нет нужды (П)• Truth hurts (The) - Правда глаза колет (П), Правда, как оса, лезет в глаза (П)• Truth is a naked lady - Правду красить нет нужды (П)• Truth is at the bottom of a well (in a well) - Правду ищи на дне морском (П)• Truth is best - Лучше горькая правда, чем красивая ложь (Л)• Truth is better than a lie - Лучше горькая правда, чем красивая ложь (Л)• Truth is bitter - Правда глаза колет (П)• Truth is mighty and will prevail - Правда в огне не горит и в воде не тонет (П)• Truth is often told in a joke (A) - В каждой шутке есть доля правды (B)• Truth is stranger than fiction - Нарочно не придумаешь (H), Чего на свете не бывает! (4)• Truth is the daughter of time (time's daughter) - Время рассудит (B)• Truth keeps to the bottom of her well - Правду ищи на дне морском (П)• Truth lies at the bottom of a pit (a well) - Правду ищи на дне морском (П)• Truth may languish, but can never perish - Правда в огне не горит и в воде не тонет (П)• Truth needs no colo(u)rs - Правду красить нет нужды (П)• Truth never perishes - Правда в огне не горит и в воде не тонет (П)• Truth pays best - Лучше горькая правда, чем красивая ложь (Л)• Truths and roses have thorns about them - Правда глаза колет (П), Правда, как оса, лезет в глаза (П)• Truth seeks no corners - На правду суда нет (H), Правда не боится света (П)• Truth shall set you free (The) - Хлеб-соль ешь, а правду режь (X)• Truth shows best being naked (The) - Правду красить нет нужды (П)• Truth tastes bitter - Правда глаза колет (П)• Truth will break (come) out - Правда в огне не горит и в воде не тонет (П), Правды не спрячешь (П)• Truth will come to light (/The/) - От правды не уйдешь (O), Правда в огне не горит и в воде не тонет (П), Правда как солнце - ладонями не прикроешь (П), Правды не спрячешь (П)• Truth will out (/The/) - От правды не уйдешь (O), Правда в огне не горит и в воде не тонет (П), Правда как солнце - ладонями не прикроешь (П), Правда в огне не горит и в воде не тонет (П), Правды не спрячешь (П)• Truth will prevail - Правда в огне не горит и в воде не тонет (П) -
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9 ses quatre vérités (à qqn)
Mini Dictionnaire français-anglais > ses quatre vérités (à qqn)
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truthистина ли е? is it true?истина ти казвам honestly, believe me, I mean it, I'm in earnest* * *ѝстина,ж., -и truth; • азбучна \истинаа elementary truth; божа \истинаа God’s/gospel truth; голата \истинаа the naked truth; горчива \истинаа home truth; \истинаа, \истинаа ви казвам библ. verily, verily I say unto you; \истинаа ли е? is it true? \истинаа ти казвам honestly, believe me, I mean it, I’m in earnest; \истинаата the fact of the matter; \истинаата, цялата \истинаа и само \истинаата юр. the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth; не казвам цялата \истинаа be economical with the truth, keep s.th. back; ни капка \истинаа not a grain/an atom of truth; общоизвестна \истинаа general truth; това е самата \истинаа is the solemn truth.* * *fact: That's a known истина. - Това е всеизвестна истина.; oracle: the naked истина - голата истина; unvarnished truth - гола истина* * *1. truth 2. ИСТИНА ли е? is it true? 3. ИСТИНА ти казвам honestly, believe me, I mean it, I'm in earnest 4. ИСТИНА, ИСТИНА ви казвам библ. verily, verily I say unto you 5. ИСТИНАта, цялата ИСТИНА и само ИСТИНАта юр. the truth, the whole truth,, and nothing but the truth 6. азбучна ИСТИНА an elementary truth 7. божа ИСТИНА God's/gospel truth 8. голата ИСТИНА the naked truth 9. горчива ИСТИНА a home truth 10. казвам ИСТИНАта tell the truth 11. ни капка ИСТИНА not a grain/ atom of truth 12. това е ИСТИНА this is true, this is the truth, this is a fact -
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13 неприятная правда о себе
home truth имя существительное:Русско-английский синонимический словарь > неприятная правда о себе
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intj.right, isn't that right, isn't that so.f.1 truth.decir la verdad to tell the trutha decir verdad to tell the truth¿es verdad? is that true o right?eso no es verdad that isn't true o soen verdad truly, honestlyla verdad, no me importa to tell the truth o to be honest, I don't carela verdad es que no lo sé to be honest, I don't know, I don't really knowcantarle o decirle a alguien cuatro verdades (figurative) to tell somebody a few home truths2 fact (principio aceptado).3 true statement, true thing.* * *1 truth, truthfulness■ es bonita, ¿verdad? she's pretty, isn't she?■ vendrás, ¿verdad? you'll come, won't you?■ hay tres, ¿verdad? there are three, aren't there?\a decir verdad to tell the truthde verdad que... I swear...decir a alguien cuatro verdades familiar to give somebody a piece of one's minden verdad reallyfaltar a la verdad to liela verdad sea dicha to tell the truth¿no es verdad? isn't that so?tan verdad como que es de día / tan verdad como que Dios existe familiar it's as true as I'm standing herela pura verdad the plain truthverdad a medias a half truth* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=veracidad) truthhay una parte de verdad en todo esto — there is some truth o an element of truth in all this
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decir la verdad — to tell the trutha decir verdad, si te digo la verdad — to be honest, to tell you the truth
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en verdad — to be honest, reallyen verdad no sé qué contestarte — to be honest I don't know what to say to you, I really don't know what to say to you
en verdad os digo que seréis recompensados — (Biblia) verily I say unto you, you shall be rewarded
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faltar a la verdad — to be untruthful, be economical with the truth eufhora 2), b)•
en honor a la verdad — to be perfectly honest, in all honesty2)•de verdad — (como adj) real; (como adv) really
¿son de verdad estas balas? — are those real bullets?
-mañana vendré a ayudarte -¿de verdad? — "I'll come and help you tomorrow" - "really?" o"will you?"
de verdad que no me importa ir — I really don't mind going, I don't mind going, honestly o really
3)•es verdad — it's true
¿es verdad que a Diego le ha tocado la lotería? — is it true that Diego has won the lottery?
bien es verdad que es aún pronto para juzgar los resultados — of course, it's too soon to make any judgement about the results
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si bien es verdad que — although, even thoughsi bien es verdad que llevamos poco tiempo aquí, ya puedo decir que... — although o even though we haven't been here long, I can already say that...
4) *(para enfatizar)pues la verdad, no sé — to be honest I don't know, I don't really know
la verdad es que no me gusta mucho — to be honest I don't like it much, I don't really like it much
estás cansado ¿verdad? o¿no es verdad? — you're tired, aren't you?
hace frío ¿verdad? o¿no es verdad? — it's cold, isn't it?
no os gustó ¿verdad? — you didn't like it, did you?
¿verdad que sí fuimos? — we went, didn't we?, we did go, didn't we?
¿verdad que has sido tú? — it was you, wasn't it?
6) (=afirmación verdadera) truth- ser una verdad como un puño* * *1)a) ( veracidad) trutha decir verdad... — to tell you the truth...
la verdad, no lo sé — I don't honestly know
la verdad es que... — the truth is that...
si bien es verdad que... — it might well be true that...
b)de verdad — (loc adv) really; (loc adj) real
c) ( buscando corroboración)es muy guapa ¿verdad? — she's very beautiful, isn't she?
¿verdad que tú me entiendes? — you understand me, don't you?
2) ( enunciado verdadero) trutheso es una gran verdad — that is so true!
cantarle or decirle cuatro verdades a alguien — to tell somebody a few home truths
verdades como puños: dice verdades como puños — he isn't afraid to tell the truth
* * *= truth, verity.Ex. This is when children are not really concerned with scientific truth; they believe in Father Christmas anyway, even if there lurks the suspicion that there is something rather fishy about it all.Ex. His listeners looked around at each other and acknowledged the verity of his statement by nodding assents.----* a decir verdad = to tell the truth, if the truth be known, if the truth be told, in all truth, in truth, fact is, the fact is (that), to be fair.* a decir verdad... = the fact of the matter is that....* a la hora de la verdad = when push comes to shove, if it comes to the crunch, when it comes to the crunch, when the worst comes to the worst, if the worst comes to the worst, when the crunch comes to the crunch, if the crunch comes to the crunch.* amigo de verdad = true friend.* apartarse del camino de la verdad = stray from + the straight and narrow.* aunque a decir verdad = Mind you.* averiguar la verdad = discern + the truth.* bala de verdad = live bullet.* búsqueda de la verdad = truth-seeking.* camino de la verdad, el = straight and narrow (path), the.* conocer la verdad = discern + the truth.* cuatro verdades = home truth.* cuatro verdades bien dichas = home truth.* decir la verdad = tell + the truth, speak + the truth, come + clean.* decir la verdad sobre = give + Nombre + the lowdown on.* decir la verdad, toda la verdad y nada más que la verdad = to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.* de verdad = wholeheartedly [whole-heartedly], for real.* en honor a la verdad = in fairness, in all honesty.* en verdad = in truth, true, in all truth.* hallar el camino de la verdad = think + Posesivo + way to the truth.* hora de la verdad = moment of truth.* hora de la verdad, la = showdown.* la verdad = the lowdown (on).* la verdad es que = if the truth be known, if the truth be told, the fact is (that), fact is.* la verdad es que... = the fact of the matter is that....* la verdad sea dicha = to tell the truth.* la verdad sea dicha que = if the truth be told.* la verdad sobre = the skinny on.* llegada la hora de la verdad = if it comes to the crunch, when the crunch comes to the crunch, if the crunch comes to the crunch.* llegado el momento de la verdad = if it comes to the crunch, when the crunch comes to the crunch, if the crunch comes to the crunch.* media verdad = half truth, half-fact.* munición de verdad = live ammunition, live munition.* nada + estar + más apartado de la verdad = nothing + can + be further from the truth.* nada + estar + más lejos de la verdad = nothing + can + be further from the truth.* no haber nada de verdad en = there + be + any/no truth to.* no preguntes porque no te puedo decir la verdad = ask no questions and hear no lies.* no ser verdad = be untrue.* para decir la verdad = to be honest.* pura verdad, la = unvarnished truth, la, pure truth, the.* ¡qué verdad que es! = how true!.* revelar la verdad = reveal + the truth.* saber cúal es la verdad = discern + the truth.* seguir el camino de la verdad = keep on + the straight and narrow.* ser verdad = be true.* ser verdad de = be true of.* suero de la verdad = truth serum.* toda la verdad sobre = the skinny on.* una pizca de verdad = a grain of truth.* ¿verdad? = do you?, do you?, right?, weren't you?, weren't you?.* verdad amarga = home truth.* verdad a medias = half truth, half-fact.* verdades eternas = nuggets of truth.* verdades eternas, las = eternal verities, the.* verdad eterna = eternal truth.* verdad evangélica = gospel truth.* verdad incómoda = inconvenient truth.* verdad molesta = inconvenient truth.* verdad obvia = truism.* * *1)a) ( veracidad) trutha decir verdad... — to tell you the truth...
la verdad, no lo sé — I don't honestly know
la verdad es que... — the truth is that...
si bien es verdad que... — it might well be true that...
b)de verdad — (loc adv) really; (loc adj) real
c) ( buscando corroboración)es muy guapa ¿verdad? — she's very beautiful, isn't she?
¿verdad que tú me entiendes? — you understand me, don't you?
2) ( enunciado verdadero) trutheso es una gran verdad — that is so true!
cantarle or decirle cuatro verdades a alguien — to tell somebody a few home truths
verdades como puños: dice verdades como puños — he isn't afraid to tell the truth
* * *= truth, verity.Ex: This is when children are not really concerned with scientific truth; they believe in Father Christmas anyway, even if there lurks the suspicion that there is something rather fishy about it all.
Ex: His listeners looked around at each other and acknowledged the verity of his statement by nodding assents.* a decir verdad = to tell the truth, if the truth be known, if the truth be told, in all truth, in truth, fact is, the fact is (that), to be fair.* a decir verdad... = the fact of the matter is that....* a la hora de la verdad = when push comes to shove, if it comes to the crunch, when it comes to the crunch, when the worst comes to the worst, if the worst comes to the worst, when the crunch comes to the crunch, if the crunch comes to the crunch.* amigo de verdad = true friend.* apartarse del camino de la verdad = stray from + the straight and narrow.* aunque a decir verdad = Mind you.* averiguar la verdad = discern + the truth.* bala de verdad = live bullet.* búsqueda de la verdad = truth-seeking.* camino de la verdad, el = straight and narrow (path), the.* conocer la verdad = discern + the truth.* cuatro verdades = home truth.* cuatro verdades bien dichas = home truth.* decir la verdad = tell + the truth, speak + the truth, come + clean.* decir la verdad sobre = give + Nombre + the lowdown on.* decir la verdad, toda la verdad y nada más que la verdad = to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.* de verdad = wholeheartedly [whole-heartedly], for real.* en honor a la verdad = in fairness, in all honesty.* en verdad = in truth, true, in all truth.* hallar el camino de la verdad = think + Posesivo + way to the truth.* hora de la verdad = moment of truth.* hora de la verdad, la = showdown.* la verdad = the lowdown (on).* la verdad es que = if the truth be known, if the truth be told, the fact is (that), fact is.* la verdad es que... = the fact of the matter is that....* la verdad sea dicha = to tell the truth.* la verdad sea dicha que = if the truth be told.* la verdad sobre = the skinny on.* llegada la hora de la verdad = if it comes to the crunch, when the crunch comes to the crunch, if the crunch comes to the crunch.* llegado el momento de la verdad = if it comes to the crunch, when the crunch comes to the crunch, if the crunch comes to the crunch.* media verdad = half truth, half-fact.* munición de verdad = live ammunition, live munition.* nada + estar + más apartado de la verdad = nothing + can + be further from the truth.* nada + estar + más lejos de la verdad = nothing + can + be further from the truth.* no haber nada de verdad en = there + be + any/no truth to.* no preguntes porque no te puedo decir la verdad = ask no questions and hear no lies.* no ser verdad = be untrue.* para decir la verdad = to be honest.* pura verdad, la = unvarnished truth, la, pure truth, the.* ¡qué verdad que es! = how true!.* revelar la verdad = reveal + the truth.* saber cúal es la verdad = discern + the truth.* seguir el camino de la verdad = keep on + the straight and narrow.* ser verdad = be true.* ser verdad de = be true of.* suero de la verdad = truth serum.* toda la verdad sobre = the skinny on.* una pizca de verdad = a grain of truth.* ¿verdad? = do you?, do you?, right?, weren't you?, weren't you?.* verdad amarga = home truth.* verdad a medias = half truth, half-fact.* verdades eternas = nuggets of truth.* verdades eternas, las = eternal verities, the.* verdad eterna = eternal truth.* verdad evangélica = gospel truth.* verdad incómoda = inconvenient truth.* verdad molesta = inconvenient truth.* verdad obvia = truism.* * *A1 (veracidad) truthno sé cuánto habrá de verdad en lo que dice I don't know how much truth there is in what he sayses la pura verdad it's the gospel truthdime la verdad tell me the trutha decir verdad or si te digo la verdad, a mí tampoco me gustó to tell you the truth, I didn't like it eitherla verdad, sólo la verdad y nada más que la verdad the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truthme dijo la verdad a medias she only told me half the truth¿cuántos años tiene? — la verdad, no lo sé how old is he? — I don't honestly know o to tell you the truth, I don't knowla verdad es que me olvidé to be perfectly honest I forgot, the truth is I forgot¿te ayudaron? — la verdad es que no mucho did they help you? — well, frankly not a loten honor a la verdad in all fairnessla verdad de la verdad es que no quiero ir to be quite honest I don't want to go, the truth of the matter is I don't want to go¡eso no es verdad, yo no dije semejante cosa! that's not true, I said no such thing!en verdad os digo que … ( Bib) verily I say unto you …faltar a la verdad to be untruthfulcreer que se está en posesión de la verdad to think one is always rightir con la verdad por delante ( Esp); to be completely honestser verdad de la buena ( fam); to be really true2de verdad: ¿de verdad (que) hiciste eso? did you really do that?¡sí, hombre, de verdad que me gusta! yes, I mean it, I really do like it!mira que me voy a enojar or ( Esp) enfadar de verdad this time I really am going to get angryde verdad que lo siento I really am sorryuna pistola/un caballo de verdad a real gun/horse3(buscando corroboración): ¡qué guapa es! ¿verdad? she's really beautiful, isn't she?¿verdad que tú me entiendes? you understand me, don't you?B (enunciado verdadero) truthuna verdad científica a scientific trutheso es una gran verdad that is so true!, how right you are!cantarle or decirle cuatro verdades or las verdades del barquero a algn to tell sb a few home truthsser una verdad como un templo to be self-evidentser una verdad de Perogrullo to be patently obviousverdades como puños: dice verdades como puños he isn't afraid to tell the truth, however much it hurts o however unpalatable* * *
verdad sustantivo femenino
es la pura verdad it's the gospel truth;
a decir verdad … to tell you the truth …;
la verdad, no lo sé I don't honestly know;
¡no es verdad! that's not true!;
eso es una gran verdad that is so true!b)
( loc adj) real;◊ ¡de verdad que me gusta! I really do like it!;
una pistola de verdad a real gunc) ( buscando corroboración):◊ es guapa ¿verdad? she's beautiful, isn't she?;
¿verdad que tú me entiendes? you understand me, don't you?
verdad sustantivo femenino
1 truth: debes decir la verdad, you must tell the truth
eso no es verdad, that is not true
la pura verdad, the plain truth
2 (buscando asentimiento: tras una afirmación) es una gran soprano, ¿verdad?, she's a great soprano, isn't she?
¿verdad que tocas el violín?, you play the violin, don't you?
(: tras una negación) no eres racista, ¿verdad?, you're not racist, are you?
♦ Locuciones: a decir verdad, to tell the truth, de verdad, (ciertamente) really: de verdad que lo lamento, I really am sorry
(en serio) in earnest: están luchando de verdad, they are fighting for real
(auténtico) un amigo de verdad, a real friend
' verdad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
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- afrontar
- callar
- congruencia
- decir
- deformar
- derrumbarse
- desnuda
- desnudo
- encubrir
- esconder
- faltar
- honor
- hora
- infiel
- ocultar
- poder
- pura
- puro
- razón
- tonta
- tonto
- alteración
- alterar
- creer
- cuando
- demostrar
- disfrazar
- falsear
- grande
- hecho
- indiscutible
- le
- lejos
- media
- osar
- prueba
- reconocer
- revelar
- simulacro
- sonsacar
- tanto
- triunfar
English:
actually
- admittedly
- be
- bend
- blue
- chip
- coax
- credit
- crunch
- dark
- departure
- deviation
- do
- element
- embroider
- face
- fudge
- get
- have
- hold back
- honest
- impact
- moment
- naked
- outspoken
- overboard
- perversion
- pervert
- plain
- proper
- really
- rile
- should
- show
- simple
- strictly
- tell
- them
- think through
- tough
- truth
- truthful
- turn off
- uncover
- will
- bound
- but
- dearly
- degree
- effect
* * *♦ nf1. [realidad, afirmación real] truth;decir la verdad to tell the truth;di la verdad, ¿a ti qué te parece? tell the truth o be honest, what do you think?;a decir verdad to tell the truth;estás faltando a la verdad you're not telling the truth;¿es verdad? is that true o right?;eso no es verdad that isn't true o so;¿no es verdad? isn't that so?;bien es verdad que…, verdad es que… it's certainly true that…;si bien es verdad que… while it is true that…;en verdad truly, honestly;cree que está en posesión de la verdad she thinks she's always right about everything;ser la pura verdad to be the absolute truth;ir con la verdad por delante to be honest and up-front;las verdades del barquero home truths;Famtodo lo que dice son verdades como puños she always speaks the truth, however unpalatableverdad a medias half-truth;verdad de Perogrullo truism, platitude2. [con valor enfático]la verdad, no me importa to tell the truth o to be honest, I don't care;la verdad es que no lo sé to be honest, I don't know, I don't really know;la verdad es que nunca me ha gustado the truth is I've never liked her;la verdad es que la sopa está buenísima the soup's actually really good3. [buscando confirmación]no te gusta, ¿verdad? you don't like it, do you?;está bueno, ¿verdad? it's good, isn't it?;¿verdad que me quieres? you do love me, don't you?4. [principio aceptado] fact;su libro no es fiel a la verdad histórica his book doesn't accurately reflect historical fact♦ de verdad loc adv[en serio] seriously; [realmente] really;me gusta – ¿de verdad? I like it – (do you) really? o seriously?;de verdad que no sé qué decir I honestly o really don't know what to say♦ de verdad loc adj[auténtico] real;un héroe de verdad a real hero* * *f1 truth;a decir verdad to tell the truth;en verdad in truth;la verdad es que … the truth (of the matter) is that …;es verdad it’s true, it’s the truth;faltar a la verdad be untruthful;media verdad, verdad a medias half truth;decir cuatro verdades a alguien tell s.o. a few home truths;ser una verdad de Perogrullo be blindingly obvious2:de verdad real, proper;es un amigo de verdad he’s a real friend3:no te gusta, ¿verdad? you don’t like it, do you?;vas a venir, ¿verdad? you’re coming, aren’t you?* * *verdad nf1) : truth2)de verdad : really, truly3)¿verdad? : right?, isn't that so?* * *verdad n truth¿es verdad que has ganado? is it true that you won? / did you really win?de verdad, iré mañana por la mañana really, I'll go tomorrow morningPara traducir ¿verdad? como coletilla, hay que utilizar el verbo auxiliar y el pronombre adecuados, siempre en negativo si la frase es afirmativa y viceversaestás de acuerdo conmigo, ¿verdad? you agree with me, don't you?es de Santander, ¿verdad? he's from Santander, isn't he?son franceses, ¿verdad? they're French, aren't they?no se han ido, ¿verdad? they haven't gone, have they? -
16 правда
ж.1. ( истина) truthэто правда — it is the truth; ( это верно) it is true
это сущая правда — that is the exact / real truth
2. ( справедливость) justiceискать правды — seek* justice
стоять за правду — fight* for justice
3. как вводн. сл. true; ( хотя) thoughправда, он не такой плохой работник — true, he is not such a bad worker; hi is not such a bad worker, though
он, правда, уже уехал — true, he has already left
правда, я с вами не согласен, но — though I do not agree with you, still
правда, это не он, а его брат, но это неважно — it is not but his brother, but it does not matter
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ваша правда — you are rightправда? — indeed?, really?
по правде сказать, правду сказать — to tell / say the truth, truth to tell / say
всеми правдами и неправдами — by fair means or foul; by hook or by crook
что правда, то правда погов. — there's no denying the truth
правда глаза колет посл. — home truths are hard to swallow, truth hurts
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17 cuatro (4)
= four (4).Ex. Four situations may arise which will need careful consideration.----* a cuatro aguas = hipped.* a cuatro patas = on all fours, on four legs.* anunciar a los cuatro vientos = shout + Nombre + from the rooftops, trumpet.* cama con cuatro columnas = four-poster bed.* cuatro de julio, el = Fourth of July, the.* cuatro por cuatro = 4WD.* cuatro quintos = four-fifths.* cuatro veces mayor = fourfold.* cuatro verdades = home truth.* cuatro verdades bien dichas = home truth.* de cuatro días de duración = four-day.* de cuatro estrellas = four-star.* en cuatro niveles = quadraplaner.* ochenta y cuatro = eighty four.* proclamar a los cuatro vientos = shout + Nombre + from the rooftops.* sábana de cuatro picos = fitted sheet.* tejado a cuatro aguas = hip roof, hipped roof.* uno de cada cuatro = one in four.* veinticuatro = twenty-four (24).* * *= four (4).Ex: Four situations may arise which will need careful consideration.
* a cuatro aguas = hipped.* a cuatro patas = on all fours, on four legs.* anunciar a los cuatro vientos = shout + Nombre + from the rooftops, trumpet.* cama con cuatro columnas = four-poster bed.* cuatro de julio, el = Fourth of July, the.* cuatro por cuatro = 4WD.* cuatro quintos = four-fifths.* cuatro veces mayor = fourfold.* cuatro verdades = home truth.* cuatro verdades bien dichas = home truth.* de cuatro días de duración = four-day.* de cuatro estrellas = four-star.* en cuatro niveles = quadraplaner.* ochenta y cuatro = eighty four.* proclamar a los cuatro vientos = shout + Nombre + from the rooftops.* sábana de cuatro picos = fitted sheet.* tejado a cuatro aguas = hip roof, hipped roof.* uno de cada cuatro = one in four.* veinticuatro = twenty-four (24). -
18 наговарям
наговоря 1. (някому-обик. нещо неприятно) tell (s.o.) a lot of things, give (s.o.) a piece of o.'s mindнаговорих един куп неща I said a lot of things; I told many a home truth2. persuade(подстрекавам) put (s.o.) up to s.th.наговарям се3. talk o.'s fill. have o.'s fill of talking, talk to o.'s heart's contentне могат да се наговорят they can't stop talking4. (уговарям се) arrange, agreeнаговорихме се да се срещнем we arranged/agreed to meet(тайно-за нещо лошо) plot (together), conspire* * *нагова̀рям,и нагово̀рвам, нагово̀ря гл.1. ( някому обикн. нещо неприятно) tell (s.o.) a lot of things, give (s.o.) a piece of o.’s mind; наговорих един куп неща I said a lot of things; I told many a home truth;2. persuade; ( подстрекавам) put (s.o.) up to s.th.;\наговарям се 1. talk o.’s fill, have o.’s fill of talking, talk to o.’s heart’s content; не могат да се наговорят they can’t stop talking;* * *1. (подстрекавам) put (s.o.) up to s.th. 2. (тайно - за нещо лошо) plot (together), conspire 3. (уговарям се) arrange, agree 4. persuade 5. talk o.'s fill. have o.'s fill of talking, talk to o.'s heart's content 6. НАГОВАРЯМ се 7. наговорих един куп неща I said a lot of things;I told many a home truth 8. наговорихме се да се срещнем we arranged/agreed to meet 9. наговоря (някому - обик. нещо неприятно) tell (s.o.) a lot of things, give (s.o.) a piece of o.'s mind 10. не могат да се наговорят they can't stop talking -
19 тропвам
rap, tap, knockтропвам с крак stamp o.'s footтропвам нещо на някого в очите tell s.o. a home truthние му се тропнахме още от рано сутринта we descended on him early in the morning* * *тро̀пвам,гл. rap, tap, knock; \тропвам с крак stamp o.’s foot; • \тропвам нещо на някого в очите tell s.o. a home truth.* * *rap ; tap ; knock, clack* * *1. rap, tap, knock 2. ТРОПВАМ нещо на някого в очите tell s.o. a home truth 3. ТРОПВАМ с крак stamp o.'s foot 4. ние му се тропнахме още от рано сутринта we descended on him early in the morning -
20 горькая правда
1) General subject: harsh truth, the bitter truth, the home truth2) Makarov: home truth
См. также в других словарях:
home truth — home′ truth′ n. cvb an indisputable fact or basic truth, esp. one whose accuracy may cause discomfort or embarrassment • Etymology: 1705–15 … From formal English to slang
home truth — n [C usually plural] a true but unpleasant fact that someone tells you about yourself ▪ It s time someone told him a few home truths … Dictionary of contemporary English
home truth — ► NOUN ▪ an unpleasant fact about oneself … English terms dictionary
home truth — noun an important truth that is unpleasant to acknowledge (as about yourself) • Hypernyms: ↑truth * * * noun 1. : an unpleasant fact that jars the sensibilities home truths demand utterance but not in a scolding voice or a tone edged with… … Useful english dictionary
home truth — home truths N COUNT: usu pl Home truths are unpleasant facts that you learn about yourself, usually from someone else. [BRIT] We held a team meeting and a few home truths were spelled out … English dictionary
home truth — an indisputable fact or basic truth, esp. one whose accuracy may cause discomfort or embarrassment. [1705 15] * * * … Universalium
home truth — noun Date: 1711 1. an unpleasant fact that jars the sensibilities 2. a statement of undisputed fact … New Collegiate Dictionary
home truth — noun A true but unwelcome statement … Wiktionary
home truth — noun an unpleasant fact about oneself … English new terms dictionary
home truth — /hoʊm ˈtruθ / (say hohm troohth) noun a disagreeable statement of fact that hurts the sensibilities …
(a) home truth — if you tell someone a home truth, you tell them an unpleasant fact, usually something bad about themselves. It s time someone told that boy a few home truths about his behaviour. (usually plural) … New idioms dictionary