Idiom
Honest Abe
Meaning
A forthright and honest person.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“You can trust him because he is a real Honest Abe.”
“Everyone asks him to handle the money because he is a total Honest Abe.”
“Even when the truth risked his own reputation, he acted like an Honest Abe and admitted his mistake to the board.”
Examples
simple
“You can trust him because he is a real Honest Abe.”
contextual
“Everyone asks him to handle the money because he is a total Honest Abe.”
complex
“Even when the truth risked his own reputation, he acted like an Honest Abe and admitted his mistake to the board.”
Origin
Nickname of US President Abraham Lincoln, considered an honest politician.
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