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

Perhaps, in recent years away from home entertainment, makes me feel more truth of valuable.
或许，这些年出门在外的应酬，令我倍感真情的可贵。
He believes that university is the spiritual home to pursue freedom and truth, and spiritual interaction is the most important path to achieve.
他认为大学是追求自由和真理的精神家园，而精神交往是最重要的实现路径。
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）。
Their implosion, after years of rapid expansion abroad, rammed home the unpleasant truth that banks may be global in life but are national in death.
在经历了为期数年的急速海外扩张后，这些银行在一夜之间轰然倒塌，猛然揭示了令人不安的事实：银行可以作为全球企业存在，但只能作为民族企业消亡。
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。
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。
"Oh," cried scarlett, fresh pain striking her as gerald's words brought home the terrible inevitability of the truth.
“啊！”思嘉叫起来，由于杰拉尔德的话把事实的不可避免性说到家了，她心中产生了新的痛苦。
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。
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