appeler un chat un chat
French
editEtymology
editLiterally, “to call a cat a cat”; from the First satire by 17th-century author Nicolas Boileau: "j'appelle un chat un chat, et Rolet un fripon".
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit- to call a spade a spade (to call something what it is)
Descendants
edit- → Dutch: een kat een kat noemen (calque)