1. call a spade a spade : 直言不讳；
及物动词
1. I spent the whole morning spading the garden.
我用了一整个上午平整花园。
名词
1.
1. He was digging potatoes with a spade.
他正在用铁锹挖马铃薯。
1. 铲;锹
A spade is a tool used for digging, with a flat metal blade and a long handle.
e.g. ... a garden spade...
园艺铲
e.g. The girls happily played in the sand with buckets and spades.
女孩子们拿着桶和铲子在沙滩上快活地玩耍。
2. (纸牌中的)黑桃
Spades is one of the four suits in a pack of playing cards. Each card in the suit is marked with one or more black symbols: .
spade是什么意思
e.g. ...the ace of spades.
黑桃 A
3. 有啥说啥;直言不讳
If you say that someone calls a spade a spade, you mean that they speak clearly and directly about things, even embarrassing or unpleasant things.
spade
e.g. I\'m not at all secretive, and I\'m pretty good at calling a spade a spade.
我不会遮遮掩掩，我喜欢直言不讳。
1. 铲;锹
A spade is a tool used for digging, with a flat metal blade and a long handle.
e.g. ... a garden spade...
园艺铲
e.g. The girls happily played in the sand with buckets and spades.
女孩子们拿着桶和铲子在沙滩上快活地玩耍。
2. (纸牌中的)黑桃
Spades is one of the four suits in a pack of playing cards. Each card in the suit is marked with one or more black symbols: .
spade是什么意思
e.g. ...the ace of spades.
黑桃 A
3. 有啥说啥;直言不讳
If you say that someone calls a spade a spade, you mean that they speak clearly and directly about things, even embarrassing or unpleasant things.
spade
e.g. I\'m not at all secretive, and I\'m pretty good at calling a spade a spade.
我不会遮遮掩掩，我喜欢直言不讳。
