My desire, without any wish to make anybody 's hair stand on end or flesh creep, is to call a spade a spade.

我所望的，并非要谁的毛发悚然，或使之起鸡皮疙瘩，而是要说丁是丁、卯是卯。

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But today, teachers have to call a spade a spade: We are the campus of less than U. s., there are "ugly" things.

可是今天，老师要实话实说：我们的校园里还有美中的不足，还存在着“丑”的东西。

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The machine gun "s stability was analyzed and a mount spade with buffer action was designed."

本文对机枪稳定性进行了系统分析。设计了一种缓冲式驻锄。

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There's the spade in "Home Burial," the spade that's used to bury the couple's little child.

在“叶落归根“中有锹“,用来埋藏这对夫妇的小孩的。

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Liz Claiborne's declines were offset slightly by sales of the company's Kate Spade brand, which increased comparative sales by 44% during the quarter.

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But let's call a spade a spade: These are advertisements aimed at building brand recognition among public radio's affluent, educated audience.

FORBES: Public Radio Goes Begging

Absolutely, let's call a spade a spade, a gun a gun, missile a missile, a cluster bomb a child-killer and a Tactica armoured car a means of brutal civilian repression when it's deployed by the Saudis to support the undemocratic government in Bahrain.

BBC: A Point of View: Why euphemism is integral to modern warfare