Idiom
nugget of truth
Meaning
A small amount of truth in a generally untrue statement.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“There is a nugget of truth in his strange story.”
“Although the rumors were mostly false, I found a small nugget of truth in what she said.”
“Despite the politician's elaborate and misleading rhetoric, a single, undeniable nugget of truth remained at the core of his argument.”
Examples
simple
“There is a nugget of truth in his strange story.”
contextual
“Although the rumors were mostly false, I found a small nugget of truth in what she said.”
complex
“Despite the politician's elaborate and misleading rhetoric, a single, undeniable nugget of truth remained at the core of his argument.”
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