• Eager Eagle@lemmy.world
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    1 hour ago

    for anyone like me who could not understand that stupid title

    “Call a spade a spade” is a figurative expression. It refers to calling something “as it is”[1]—that is, by its right or proper name, without “beating about the bush”, but rather speaking truthfully, frankly, and directly about a topic;

    “Blow smoke” - to speak idly, misleadingly, or boastfully