show one's true colors

English

Verb

show one 's true colors

(idiomatic) To reveal how one really is, as opposed to how one has been portrayed.

Synonyms

show one's true stripes

Translations

to reveal how one really is

Czech: vybarvit (cs)
German: Farbe bekennen (de)

Russian: показать истинное лицо (ru) (pokazatʹ istinnoje lico) /lit: show one's true face/

Last modified on 22 March 2013, at 04:59