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词汇 honest-to-goodness
释义 honest-to-goodness
adjective[ before noun ]
uk /ˌɒn.ɪst.təˈɡʊd.nəs/ us /ˌɑː.nɪst.təˈɡʊd.nəs/
real or true: 真的,真实的
The book is an honest-to-goodness account of her early life.这本书是对她早期生活的真实记录。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

being what it appears to be
realThat's not his real hair, is it? I thought it was a bad wig!
genuineThe painting is a genuine Picasso.
authenticThe clerk certified that the documents were authentic.
honest-to-goodnessMy father is an honest-to-goodness door-to-door salesman.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

True, real, false, and unreal
actual
actuality
actually
all that glitters is not goldidiom
alternate reality
false
false flag
falsely
fantastical
fever dream
not so muchidiom
nothing could be further from the truthidiom
nothing could have been further from my mind/thoughtsidiom
parallel universe
post-factual
unreal
untrue
untruly
unverifiable
urban myth

Examples of honest-to-goodness


honest-to-goodness
The letter was an honest-to-goodness declaration of intent.
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A statutory policy cannot exist without involving the possibility of sending honest-to-goodness trade unionists down the line if they refuse to comply.
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I should have thought that they ought to have included somebody who had knowledge and experience of public administration and also an ordinary honest-to-goodness consumer.
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Essentially, it boiled down to the 1930s being a period of grinding poverty and to the present being honest-to-goodness plain poverty.
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I mean the honest-to-goodness farmer who is doing his best to make a livelihood for himself and his family.
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Real, genuine, honest-to-goodness businessmen do not work for nationalised industries.
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Let us have an honest-to-goodness selection of men as a trained reserve.
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That is why the rule was changed to what is commonly known as the "six-year rule" and it was made more difficult for the honest-to-goodness residents to get that compensation.
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So, the home producers in that case desired protection, and so does the poultry industry at the present time require protection—just straight honest-to-goodness protection, and nothing else.
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That is an honest-to-goodness fact.
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It was factual, and honest-to-goodness commonsense.
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Anglers are honest-to-goodness, simple people.
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War-time emergency legislation ought to go, and where there is a case for any pro-vision to go on perpetually, then it ought to foe set out in an honest-to-goodness statute.
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