Idiomatically - Idioms translated across languages and countries

French

Pronunciation

Appeler un chat un chat

Literal Translation

to call a cat a cat

Equivalents

This is how you express this idiom across languages and locales.

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Dutch
de dingen bij hun naam noemen
to call things by their names
Dutch
en kat een kat noemen
to call a cat a cat
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

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