"чего греха таить" meaning in Russian

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      "form": "чего́ греха́ таи́ть",
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      "form": "čevó grexá taítʹ",
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          "extra": "(što grexá taítʹ); truth be told, might as well admit",
          "word": "что греха́ таи́ть"
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          "english": "Well, I might as well admit it. I'm guilty: I ate the third loaf.",
          "ref": "1856, П. П. Ершов, Осенние вечера. Рассказы от скуки:",
          "roman": "Nu, už čevó grexá taítʹ. Vinjusʹ ― ja sʺjel tretʹju bulku.",
          "text": "Ну, уж чего́ греха́ таи́ть. Винюсь ― я съел третью булку.",
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        "Alternative form of что греха́ таи́ть (što grexá taítʹ); truth be told, might as well admit"
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          "что греха́ таи́ть",
          "что греха таить#Russian"
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          "truth be told",
          "truth be told"
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          "might as well",
          "might as well"
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        [
          "admit",
          "admit"
        ]
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        "(colloquial, idiomatic) Alternative form of что греха́ таи́ть (što grexá taítʹ); truth be told, might as well admit"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕɪˈvo ɡrʲɪˈxa tɐˈitʲ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "чего греха таить"
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        {
          "english": "Well, I might as well admit it. I'm guilty: I ate the third loaf.",
          "ref": "1856, П. П. Ершов, Осенние вечера. Рассказы от скуки:",
          "roman": "Nu, už čevó grexá taítʹ. Vinjusʹ ― ja sʺjel tretʹju bulku.",
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          "что греха таить#Russian"
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          "truth be told",
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      ],
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      "ipa": "[t͡ɕɪˈvo ɡrʲɪˈxa tɐˈitʲ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "чего греха таить"
}