Idiomatically - Idioms translated across languages and countries

French

Appeler un chat un chat

to call a cat a cat

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Dutch
Een kat een kat noemen
to call a cat a cat
Dutch
het beestje bij de naam noemen
to call an animal by its name
English
Call a spade a spade
German
das Kind beim Namen nennen
to call the child by its name
Greek
Τη σκάφη σκάφη και τα σύκα σύκα
(Call) the washing basin a washing basin and the figs figs