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#15 - To call a spade a spade

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English

To call a spade a spade

Spanish

Llamar al pan, pan y al vino, vino

To call bread bread and wine wine

Hindi

दूध का दूध, पानी का पानी।

Milk is milk, water is water.

Swahili

Kulta vitu majina yake

To call things by their proper name

Chinese

有一说一。

There is one thing to say

Russian

Называть вещи своими именами.

To call things by their proper names.

Arabic

لشيء بمسماه يكون

A thing is known by its name
Shared Wisdom: Don't use euphemisms
To call / name X - 71% coincidence (5 of 7 languages)

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