51 entries under expression topic. ×
| clear cut(true, accurate, rigorous) | |
| colloquial meaning(idiom, imagination) | |
| de facto | |
| exact meaning(idiom, imagination) | |
| free translation(idiom, interpretation) | |
| garden variety(flat, clean, banal) | |
| general meaning(idiom, imagination) | |
| just so(idiom, truth) | |
| like it is(idiom, open, honest, straight) | |
| literal translation(idiom, interpretation) | |
| manifest meaning(idiom, imagination) | |
| matter of fact(idiom, correct, solid, proper) | |
| natural meaning(idiom, imagination) | |
| not illusory | |
| not imaginary | |
| not pretended | |
| on the up and up(idiom, open, honest, straight) | |
| open and shut(adjective, idiom, plain, straightforward) | |
| open as day(idiom, manifestation) | |
| plain meaning(idiom, imagination) |
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