英语词汇“if truth be told”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. if (the) truth be told and variants: (in parenthetical use) = to tell (the) truth at tell v. Phrases 2. Often with ellipsis of if, as truth be told.rare before 19th cent.

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1592 G. Babington Certaine Comfortable Notes Genesis (xxxvii.) f. 144^v Euen brethren to loue togither (if truth be told) is a hard thing.

1771 F. Gentleman Tobacconist Prol. In ev'ry clime we find, if truth be told The universal deity is gold.

1805 Boston Weekly Mag. 16 Mar. 84/1 Truth be told, I have a world of love for you.

1818 E. B. Lester Quakers xi. 136 If the truth be told, she was the least uncomfortable of the three.

1896 A. E. Housman Shropshire Lad xxx. 44 More than I, if truth were told, Have stood and sweated hot and cold.

1922 F. B. Young Red Knight vi. 160 His moody, and, if the truth be told, self-centred soul.

1989 N. Shapiro tr. I. Raboy Jewish Cowboy vii. 77 If truth be told, Bobby was not quite as scrupulous as he might have been about setting out each piece on the ground skinside up.

2013 E. Lange Dead Ends (2014) ii. 13 Truth be told, she was pretty damn cool as far as moms go.

单词	if truth be told
释义	> as lemmas if (the) truth be told c. if (the) truth be told and variants: (in parenthetical use) = to tell (the) truth at tell v. Phrases 2. Often with ellipsis of if, as truth be told.rare before 19th cent. ΚΠ 1592 G. Babington Certaine Comfortable Notes Genesis (xxxvii.) f. 144^v Euen brethren to loue togither (if truth be told) is a hard thing. 1771 F. Gentleman Tobacconist Prol. In ev'ry clime we find, if truth be told The universal deity is gold. 1805 Boston Weekly Mag. 16 Mar. 84/1 Truth be told, I have a world of love for you. 1818 E. B. Lester Quakers xi. 136 If the truth be told, she was the least uncomfortable of the three. 1896 A. E. Housman Shropshire Lad xxx. 44 More than I, if truth were told, Have stood and sweated hot and cold. 1922 F. B. Young Red Knight vi. 160 His moody, and, if the truth be told, self-centred soul. 1989 N. Shapiro tr. I. Raboy Jewish Cowboy vii. 77 If truth be told, Bobby was not quite as scrupulous as he might have been about setting out each piece on the ground skinside up. 2013 E. Lange Dead Ends (2014) ii. 13 Truth be told, she was pretty damn cool as far as moms go. extracted from truthn.adv.int. < as lemmas
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