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art brut[͵ɑ:(t)ʹbru:(t)]
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<Í> «сырое искусство»; непрофессиональное искусство (рисунки, скульптура и т. п., сделанные детьми, заключёнными, умалишёнными и т. п.)

rut Идиома

a grain of truth

a bit of truth, take it with a grain... There's not a grain of truth in what Brian says. It's all untrue.

gospel truth

(See the gospel truth)

in a rut

always doing the same thing She feels that she is in a rut after doing the same job for seven years.

moment of truth

(See the moment of truth)

no truth to it

lacking any reliable information, a pack of lies When Gary tells you about his hiking adventures, don't believe a word. There's no truth to it.

scrut

oh no, darn, nuts, rats Scrut! My bike has a flat tire!

stretch the truth

add to a true story, include lies with the truth Al was stretching the truth. He said the waves were 60 feet high.

the gospel truth

the real truth, as true as the gospel I opened the package to count the cookies - that's the gospel truth!

the moment of truth

the time when you receive a very important message The moment of truth has arrived. My grades are in this envelope.

ruthless

1. tough, hard, stopping at nothing
2. Ruthless Records is Eazy-E's record company

in truth

in fact；in reality；actually实际上；实事上
In truth， he cannot teach you anything on French．事实上，他不能教你法语。
This is in truth an ideal site for a power plant．这里的确是建设发电厂的理想场所。
This is in truth very poorly made．说实在的，这个东西做得太差劲了。

truth will out

Idiom(s): truth will out

Theme: TRUTH

eventually, the truth will become known; truth tends to become known, even when it is being concealed.
• The truth will out! Someday my name will be cleared.
• We just found out about corruption in the mayor's office. Like they say, "The truth will out."

have one's druthers

Idiom(s): have one's druthers

Theme: CHOICE

to get one's choice; to be permitted to have one's preference. (Folksy. The druthers is from rather.)
• If I had my druthers, I'd go to France.
• Tom said that if he had his druthers, he'd choose to stay home.

funny as a crutch

Idiom(s): (as) funny as a crutch

Theme: FUNNY

not funny at all.
• Your trick is about as funny as a crutch. Nobody thought it was funny.
• The well-dressed lady slipped and fell in the gutter, which was funny as a crutch.

The truth is in the wine.

People speak more freely under the influence of alcohol.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Events in real life are sometimes stranger than in fiction.

Economical with the truth

(UK) If someone, especially a politician, is economical with the truth, they leave out information in order to create a false picture of a situation, without actually lying.

Honest truth

If someone claims that something is the honest truth, they wish to sound extra-sincere about something.

Lower than a snake's belly in a wagon rut

(USA) If someone or something is lower than a snake's belly in a wagon rut, they are of low moral standing because a snake's belly is low and if the snake is in a wagon rut, it is really low.

strut your stuff

enjoy dancing: "Look at him strut his stuff. Who does he think he is? John Travolta?"

home truth

an uncomfortable fact: "She's going to have to sit down and hear some home truths."

children and fools speak the truth|child|children|

Children and fools say things without thinking; they say what they think or know when grown-ups might not think it was polite or wise to do so.

A proverb. "Uncle Willie is too fat," said little Agnes. "Children and fools speak the truth," said her father.

brute force

brute force
Also, brute strength. Savage violence, unreasoning strength, as in We hope that reason will triumph over brute force. Although this expression is also used literally to mean exceptional physical power, the figurative sense reflects the origin for brute, which comes from Latin brutus, for “heavy, stupid, unreasoning.” [First half of 1700s]

druthers

druthers
see have one's druthers.

naked truth

naked truth
Plain unadorned facts, without concealment or embellishment. For example, What I've told you is the naked truth. This expression supposedly alludes to a fable in which Truth and Falsehood went bathing, Falsehood then dressed in Truth's clothes, and Truth, refusing to take another's clothes, went naked. [Late 1500s]

rut

rut
see in a rut.

strut

strut
strut (one's) stuff
Slang
To behave or perform in an ostentatious manner; show off.

strut one's stuff

strut one's stuff
Behave or perform in an ostentatious manner, show off, as in The skaters were out, strutting their stuff. This expression uses strut in the sense of “display in order to impress others.” [Slang; first half of 1900s]

truth

truth
In addition to the idioms beginning with truth, also see gospel truth; home truth; moment of truth; naked truth; unvarnished truth.
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- truth is stranger than fiction
- truth will out

truth is stranger than fiction

truth is stranger than fiction
Real life can be more remarkable than invented tales, as in In our two-month trip around the world we ran into long-lost relatives on three separate occasions, proving that truth is stranger than fiction. This expression may have been invented by Byron, who used it in Don Juan (1833).

unvarnished truth

unvarnished truth
The plain facts without embellishment, as in Let's just have the unvarnished truth about the sale. This idiom was first recorded in 1883, although unvarnished had been used to describe a direct statement since Shakespeare's time.