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God's honest truth

idiom
Meaning

Unquestionable, absolute truth.


Origin

disputed origin

Truth, intensified by its redundant modification with honest, and further intensified by the specification that the “honest truth” comes from God (traditionally considered a most trustworthy authority).

Examples
SIMPLE

I am telling you the God's honest truth.

CONTEXTUAL

I did not break your vase, and that is the God's honest truth.

COMPLEX

Despite the mounting pressure to lie, he looked his accuser in the eye and swore he was telling the God's honest truth.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    bend the truth

    To change or leave out certain facts of a story or situation, generally in order to elicit a specific response in the audience.

  2. 02

    economical with the truth

    Not telling the whole truth, especially in order to present a false image of a situation; untruthful; lying. Often used with sarcasm or satire.

  3. 03

    God's eye

    A decorative diamond-shaped item woven from yarn, associated with Mexican and Central and South American Native American peoples.

  4. 04

    God's gift

    Said of someone with an inflated sense of self-importance, or (occasionally) something that is overvalued.

  5. 05

    God's gift to men

    Someone irresistible to men: someone whom all men find attractive; (often) someone ironically described as such.

  6. 06

    God's gift to women

    Someone irresistible to women: someone whom all women find attractive; (often) someone ironically described as such.

  7. 07

    God's green earth

    The world.

  8. 08

    God's work

    Any type of work that produces positive or constructive results.

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