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chrispy | 06:07 Fri 01st Mar 2002 | Phrases & Sayings
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where did "to call a spade a spade" come from?
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Could it come from the fact that a spade is such an obvious bit of equipment?
16:59 Fri 01st Mar 2002
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Its origin I am unsure of. Wilde uses it in "The Importance of being Earnest" which greatly popularised it..... "I call a spade a spade" "I am gratefull that I have never seen a spade"
10:51 Wed 06th Mar 2002

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