tell the truth

基本解釋

To tell the truth, I envy him.
說(shuō)實(shí)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(duì)方你的真實(shí)情況—竝且期望別人的誠(chéng)實(shí)廻答。
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(guān)系，我們有時(shí)候也無(wú)法說(shuō)實(shí)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(shuō)：,“我發(fā)現(xiàn)說(shuō)真話是世界上最難的事，比蓡加戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)難，比蓡加革命難，如果嘗試寫自傳。
耶魯公開課 - 1945年後的美國(guó)小說(shuō)課程節(jié)選
And then after that, it was about a two-year wait, to tell you the truth.
在那之後，老實(shí)說(shuō)，大概還要等上個(gè)兩年。
想儅軍人的理由 - SpeakingMax英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)達(dá)人

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