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honesty is the best policy

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  • honesty is the best policy — used to say that telling the truth is better than lying even when it is hard to do He realized honesty is the best policy and told them what really happened to their car. • • • Main Entry: ↑honesty honesty is the best policy see ↑honesty • • •… …   Useful english dictionary

  • honesty is the best policy — ► honesty is the best policy proverb there are often practical as well as moral reasons for being honest. Main Entry: ↑honesty …   English terms dictionary

  • honesty is the best policy — 1605 E. SANDYS Europx Speculum K3 This over politick..order may reach a note higher than our grosse conceipts, who think honestie the best policie. a 1763 J. BYROM Poems (1773) I. 75 I’ll filch no filching; and I’ll tell no lye; / Honesty’s the… …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • honesty is the best policy — telling the truth is the best plan, honesty pays off    Above the teacher s desk is this sign: Honesty is the best policy …   English idioms

  • Honesty is the best policy. — something that you say which means that it is best to be honest. With relationships, as with so many aspects of life, honesty is undoubtedly the best policy …   New idioms dictionary

  • honesty — ► NOUN 1) the quality of being honest. 2) a plant with purple or white flowers and round, flat, translucent seed pods. [ORIGIN: so named from its seed pods, translucency symbolizing lack of deceit.] ● honesty is the best policy Cf. ↑honesty is… …   English terms dictionary

  • The Two Babylons — was an anti Catholic religious pamphlet produced initially by the Scottish theologian and Protestant Presbyterian Alexander Hislop in 1853. It was later expanded in 1858 and finally published as a book in 1919. Its central theme is its allegation …   Wikipedia

  • policy */*/*/ — UK [ˈpɒləsɪ] / US [ˈpɑləsɪ] noun Word forms policy : singular policy plural policies 1) a) [countable/uncountable] a set of plans or actions agreed on by a government, political party, business, or other group It is not the hospital s policy to… …   English dictionary

  • policy — pol|i|cy [ paləsi ] noun *** 1. ) count or uncount a set of plans or actions agreed on by a government, political party, business, or other group: It is not the hospital s policy to disclose the names of patients. pursue/operate/implement a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • policy — 01. It is the [policy] of our government that no one should be without food or shelter. 02. According to the attendance [policy] in this program, you must attend at least 80% of classes. 03. There is an expression in English which notes that… …   Grammatical examples in English

  • best — see all’s for the best in the best of all possible worlds the best is the enemy of the good the best of friends must part the best of men are but men at best the best things come in small packages the best things in life are f …   Proverbs new dictionary

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