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.
See also:
  • 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