to tell the truth

Meaning

1. Oxford31% of films

   used when admitting sth

   To tell the truth, we are completely mad.

In the movies · 49

• It's been a nightmare, buddy, to tell you the truth.The Wolf of Wall Street2013
• I don't really know, to tell you the truth...Zero Effect1998
• To tell the truth, we are completely mad.Monty Python's The Meaning of Life1983
• and swearing to tell the truth.Cast Away2000
• ever going to tell the truthOppenheimer2023
• ever going to tell the truth about what's happening here?Oppenheimer2023
• Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth...The Devil's Advocate1997
• To tell the truth, it was a relief.The King's Speech2010

Learn it in full scenes

• The Wolf of Wall Street2013
  • Jordan Belfort Introduces Himself
  • Jordan's First Lunch with Mark Hanna
  • Black Monday Crushes Jordan's Career
• Oppenheimer2023
  • Bohr Sends Oppenheimer to Göttingen
  • Strauss Offers Oppenheimer a Job
  • Rabi Meets Oppenheimer on a Train

From the same entry

• all told
• don't tell me
• I tell you what
• I tell you
• I told you
• live, to tell the tale
• tell a different story
• tell its own tale
• tell me
• tell me about it
• tell me another
• tell tales

More idioms

• you know
• on your way
• once in a while
• take care of
• all the time
• have a problem with
• be going to do
• what do you say
• as long as
• if it wasn't for
• wait a minute
• in front of