汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 打开天窗说亮话
not to mince words / not to beat about the bush
Metaphor does not need to be circumvented and explained publicly
直率而明白地讲出来。
dǎ/dá () kāi tiān chuāng () shuō/shuì liàng () huà
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

咱们打开天窗说亮话

Let's get everything out in the open.

咱们打开天窗说亮话,你怎么看这件事?

Let's call a spade a spade, what do you think of this?

然而管理员却打开天窗说亮话,辩驳他实在是想偷书。

But the librarian, who believed in calling a spade a spade, rebutted that he stole the books.