What does the idiomatic French expression appeler un chat un chat mean? Click to learn all about it, and then come back here to share your thoughts.
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En espanol -Vino es vino y pan es pan.
this expression means to be totally honest when giving your opinion on anything.In Australia another way is to say im being fair dinkum about it(aussie expression)
Your lessons on French familiar expressions are amusing as well as useful. I read the French edition of Reader’s Digest, which I recommend as useful for picking up everyday French vocabulary, particularly in the humorous sections. Each edition has an English lesson on an American expression (i.e., “to beat the band,”) explained in French terms, with a paragraph in both languages clarifying its meaning.
There’s a similar expression in Spanish about not getting served cat as rabbit. In a roundabout way it’s also about truth and reality.
Hi! My native language is spanish, but I also know english (or so I think) and I’ve been studying french for a couple of years. I’ve just discovered this site and it’s awesome; I loved the expressions. Please, keep up this amazing work.
The expression, ‘to call a spade a spade” actually started hundreds (maybe thousands) of years ago. It only recently took on a racial sentiment in the 20th century US.
Good link…
call a spade a spade – The Mavens’ Word of the Day
http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19970115Jan 15, 1997