Though I have been speaking figuratively, a time is coming when I will no longer use this kind of language but will tell you plainly about my Father.

这些事，我是用比喻对你们说的；时候将到，我不再用比喻对你们说，乃要将父明明地告诉你们。

youdao

Do you mind my smoking [speaking plainly]?

我抽根烟[实话实说]，你介意吗？

youdao

Though I have been speaking figuratively, a time is coming when I will no longer use this kind of language but will tell you plainly about my Father.

这些事，我是用比喻对你们说的。时候将到，我不再用比喻对你们说，乃要将父明明地告诉你们。

youdao

Plainly speaking it is too much austerity, much too quickly.

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It's not a matter of seeing who will blink first but of speaking plainly to allies who ultimately need us more than we need them.

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Even if it were equally true that John Bolton cannot avoid speaking plainly to those sorts, the people who reelected George Bush probably would have no problem being represented at the UN by such a man.

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