HOME TRUTH Definition & Meaning

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home truth

noun

an indisputable fact or basic truth, especially one whose accuracy may cause discomfort or embarrassment.

home truth

noun

(often plural) an unpleasant fact told to a person about himself

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of home truth¹

First recorded in 1705–15

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Idioms and Phrases

A key or basic truth, especially one that is discomforting to acknowledge. For example, It's time you told a few home truths here, such as where your campaign finances actually came from. This expression uses home in the sense of “the very heart of a matter.” [c. 1700]

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This Twickenham test, against the form team in Europe, will deliver some home truths about the distance between where England are and where they aspire to be.

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"You are going to tell them some home truths sometimes and they might be upset with them, but not completely berating them down to nothing."

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BBC Sport's Six Nations pundits reveal their desert island nightmares, their alternative career ambitions, and some brutal home truths.

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Three former offenders who have turned their lives around delivered some home truths to the peers this week.

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He ended his speech with what he called "three home truths" that "we need if we are to navigate these difficult times".

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