facts are stubborn things
facts are stubborn things
proverb Facts cannot be changed or altered. I know she's insisting that she wasn't speeding, but facts are stubborn things—she'll have a hard time proving her innocence when the officer's speed radar clocked how fast she was going.
See also: fact, stubborn, thing
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- get (one's)/the facts straight
- get the facts straight
- hard facts
- jump to a conclusion
- jump to conclusions
- jump to conclusions, to
- jump/leap to conclusions
- leap to conclusions
- for the record
- just for the record