HONESTY & TRUTHFULNESS

Questions to discuss
Hypocrite , n /ˈhɪpəkrɪt/ a person 1. What does honesty mean to you?
who pretends to be someone else 2. Do you think you are an honest person? Why would
or to have feelings or abilities that you say so?
he or she does not really have 3. What is half-truth? Is saying half-truth being dishonest?
4. Do you believe in white lies?
Two-faced, adj , insincere and 5. Is honesty always the best policy?
deceitful, dishonest 6. What is your common reaction when you find out
people are telling lies?
Fake & Phony n , A person who 7. What can you gain from being honest & lose by being
dishonest?
falsely claims to be, feel, who acts
8. Why is honesty so important in intimate relationships?
sweet but spreads rumors about
you behind your back

Sincere adj, sɪnˈsɪə/ ,free from Idiomatic Expressions

presence or deceit, honest

Straightforward adj, /streɪtˈfɔːwəd/ To Face the music, be confronted with the unpleasant
(of a person) honest and frank. consequences of one's actions.
To Show your true color, to reveal one's real nature or
Authentic adj, /ɔːˈθɛntɪk/ being
actually and exactly what is character.
claimed, genuine To Get caught red handed, to discover someone while
they are doing something bad or illegal.
Misleading adj, /mɪsˈliːdɪŋ/, giving The Snowball effect, a situation in which one action or
the wrong idea or impression. event causes many other similar actions or events.
To Get away with something, To escape or avoid
Deception n /dɪˈsɛpʃ(ə)n/ , the
punishment for doing something.
action of deceiving someone, fraud
To turn blind eye on something, Deliberately overlook
Truth Collocation or ignore something.
To Spill the beans, reveal secret information
To tell the truth unintentionally.
To find out the truth What you see is what to get, There is nothing hidden or
To accept the truth unknown features, traits, characteristics, etc.
To hide the truth
Brutal honesty, express something in a clear and
To admit the truth
accurate way, without attempting to disguise its
Absolute truth unpleasantness.
Whole truth Keep someone in dark, deliberately keep someone
Simple truth uninformed.
Awful truth To Come clean, be completely honest; to tell the truth.
Horrible truth