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How to use call a spade a spade in a sentence

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And in a world where we no longer call a spade a spade but a multi-purpose topsoil cultivator, we need characters not cardboard cut-outs.
We might as well call a spade a spade and make it clear that Reform has been on the wrong tack with this bill from the word go.
However, in order to drive this debate and get some clear answers, we need to call a spade a spade.
If the government caves in to special interest groups and political correctness then it should call a spade a spade.
We are going to engage China and we are going to call a spade a spade where we have issue.
Well, to call a spade a spade, the large number of exceptions are a problem.
A social policy is not something we should be ashamed of, but we should call a spade a spade.
I must emphasise, however, Mr President, that one should call a spade a spade and say what one thinks.
Perhaps he has matured amazingly since telling the media he would call a spade a spade, and, if necessary, whack his opponents over the head with it.
Now I will call a spade a spade and declare simply that I very much dislike it and want it to stop.
But in these less shockable times we are more likely to call a spade a spade.
It is my intention now to speak frankly and call a spade a spade.
Mr. Hartt, if the civil union as you describe it tastes the same as marriage, smells the same and is the mirror image of marriage, then explain to me why we would not call a spade a spade.
Mrs Theato should know that we value her desire to call a spade a spade.
I prefer to call a spade a spade, rather than a digging implement.
As President of the Commission you must call a spade a spade!
And on the issue of productivity, let's call a spade a spade.
It is time to call a spade a spade and to point out exactly how empty that promise is and how lacking it is in terms of real meat and potatoes for helping Canadians.
It is to be welcomed that in this report, we call a spade a spade, and that the unacceptable attitude of candidate country Turkey is being criticised.
Let us call a spade a spade and an EU army an EU army.
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Examples from Classical Literature
These Macedonians are a rude and clownish people that call a spade a spade.
The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one.
Let them discriminate between what they remember and what they dreamed, call a spade a spade, give us facts, and honor their own senses with trust.
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