home truth

英 [ˌhəʊm ˈtruːθ]

美 [ˌhoʊm ˈtruːθ]

n. 使人不愉快的事实(通常由别人告知); (关于某人的)大实话

牛津词典

noun

使人不愉快的事实（通常由别人告知）；（关于某人的）大实话
a true but unpleasant fact about a person, usually told to them by sb else
1. It's time you told him a few home truths.
  现在你该给他讲点实话了。

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT （通常由别人告知的关于自己的）不愉快的事实，逆耳之言
Home truthsare unpleasant facts that you learn about yourself, usually from someone else.
1. We held a team meeting and a few home truths were spelled out.
  我们开了一个队内会议，互相说了些不中听的话。

英英释义

noun

an important truth that is unpleasant to acknowledge (as about yourself)

双语例句

Your home is in the higher dimensions, and we find that you are coming round to realizing the truth of this statement.
你的灵魂家庭来自更高的维度，我们发现你正在更加明白事实的真理。
When he arrives home from school that day, he says to his mother," I know the whole truth. "
那天放学回家，他对他的妈妈说：“我知道所有的真相。”
He observes this home budgeting truth that "there is no typical month" to be a lot like agile development and our use of velocity
他注意到家庭预算的事实那就是“没有具有代表性的月份”与敏捷开发以及我们使用的生产率非常相似
No one allowed Truth to enter a home and everyone who encountered Truth ran away in fright.
没有人愿意让真理进到他们家里，甚至每一个碰到他的人，都会落荒而逃。
Lucille's home was very grandly called a chateau, though in truth it was nothing more than a large moated farm.
露西尔的家美其名曰城堡，事实上不过是一座壕沟环绕的大农场。
Home is an inner state of being in which one has returned unto one's own truth.
家是一个人回归到自身真相中的内在状态。
The stereotype of grandparents sitting at home with a blanket over their knees could not be further from the truth.
传统印象中，祖父母膝上搭条毯子在家待着的情景已经不复存在。
Catherine Linton ( the very name warms me), my bonnie lass, I shall be from home all this week; go and see if I have not spoken truth: do, there's a darling!
凯瑟琳·林惇（就是这名字都使我感到温暖），我的好姑娘，今后这一个礼拜我都不在家；去瞧瞧我是不是说实话吧：去吧，那才是乖宝贝儿！
We were walking quickly because she just wanted to get home ( and so did I, truth be told).
我们走得很快，因为她一心想快点到家（事实上我也是）。
This will help drive home the meaning of the new words. A witness in court is obligated to tell the truth.
这有助于把这些生词的意义讲清楚。证人在法庭上有义务讲清事实真象。