home truth

English

Noun

home truth (plural home truths)

A true but unwelcome statement.
- 2023 April 18, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea Champions League exit: Where do 'disjointed, broken' Blues go from here?”, in BBC Sport‎:
  If Todd Boehly thought visiting Chelsea's dressing room to deliver some home truths would inspire a Champions League miracle against Real Madrid he was, as he has been so often since arriving at Stamford Bridge, very much mistaken.

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Finnish: katkera totuus, suorat sanat pl

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