tell the truth

基本解釋

To tell the truth, I envy him.
說實話，我倒是很羨慕他。
If you’re looking for a life partner, tell the truth about yourself — and expect the truth from others.
如果你在尋找你的生活伴侶，告訴對方你的真實情況—并且期望別人的誠實回答。
And you know that even in the best marriages and romantic relationships, we sometimes fail to tell the truth.
而你也清楚，即便是最美好的婚姻，最浪漫的兩性關系，我們有時候也無法說實話。

The problem is that "lie" also means to not tell the truth, as in "I lied to my mother."
Well, Wright himself described that difficulty of writing his autobiography, and these are the terms he used: I found that to tell the truth is the hardest thing on earth, harder than fighting in a war, harder than taking part in a revolution.
萊特自己描述了,自傳寫作的艱辛，他如是說：,“我發(fā)現(xiàn)說真話是世界上最難的事，比參加戰(zhàn)爭難，比參加革命難，如果嘗試寫自傳。
耶魯公開課 - 1945年后的美國小說課程節(jié)選
And then after that, it was about a two-year wait, to tell you the truth.
在那之后，老實說，大概還要等上個兩年。
想當軍人的理由 - SpeakingMax英語口語達人

And we sent a message to the FBI - you got to tell the truth.
NPR: Judge Remembers Time on Top Secret Bench