"call a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: calls a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel [present, singular, third-person], calling a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel [participle, present], called a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel [participle, past], called a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} call a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel (third-person singular simple present calls a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel, present participle calling a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel, simple past and past participle called a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel)
  1. Alternative form of call a spade a spade. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: call a spade a spade
    Sense id: en-call_a_spade_a_spade_and_a_shovel_a_shovel-en-verb-BpOBIIpO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English tautophrases, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys

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