be honest/frank

idiom

: to speak in a very direct or truthful way

To be perfectly/quite honest/frank (with you), I didn't like the movie.

Examples of be honest/frank in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The song is featured on Arts’ latest album, to be honest, which was released on May 3 and draws on her penchant for soul-excavating frameworks and deeply detailed story arcs. —Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 6 May 2024

Real news can be honest, hopeful, credible, constructive. —Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 May 2024

To be honest, Facebook has been asking both you and David to be- Tess Owen: And researchers. —Leah Feiger, WIRED, 2 May 2024

For me, the victory is to be here tonight, to be honest. —Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 2 May 2024

Intimacy involves telling the truth and being brave enough to be honest about a situation that might wound the relationship between your wife and her sister. —Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2024

Both parties must be honest about the gravity of this moment. —David Lammy, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2024

To be frank, Chicago is not alone Other parts of the U.S. avoid dressing their dogs with ketchup, according to the hot dog council. —Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024

To be honest, even the winner was a surprise for me. —EW.com, 10 Apr. 2024