God's honest truth

God's honest truth

The absolute, sincere, unequivocal truth. I swear it wasn't me who broke the lamp. That's God's honest truth! I know I agreed to marry her, but God's honest truth is that I'm not sure I really love her.
See also: honest, truth
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • the honest truth
  • honest to God
  • honest to God/goodness
  • in God's name
  • in God's/Heaven's name
  • make an honest buck
  • earn an honest buck
  • an honest buck
  • honest to a fault
  • an honest broker
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He said: "He'll build the hype for the TV but when it is just me and him, he's scared to even look at me and that's the God's honest truth. If I beat Lewis Ritson, I'm no further on.
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"But we've been staying in the same hotel, and the god's honest truth, my hand on my heart, every time I've looked at him, he's looked away.
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'Aye, that's the God's honest truth. If Wullie's set his heid against it, naebody could.
EXTRACT 1 OF 2; "Gingerly, she pushed the door to, followed his dark shape down the hall"
"I wasn't looking to go anywhere else and that's the God's honest truth.
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"This is God's honest truth. After her death, I was touched by the spirit of Princess Diana.
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"You're just talking about speculation, I don't know anything about what you're talking about and that's the God's honest truth.
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Based on the theme "Independence," he told the story of his and wife Jan's experience with her multiple system atrophy at a recent production of the Arlington Heights First Presbyterian Church's quarterly oral history night program called "God's Honest Truth." To view his presentation, titled "Degrees of Separation," go online to http://firstpresah.org/sermon/independence-larry-olson-degrees-of-separ ation/.
Through wife's ordeal, love was never gone
"God's honest truth, yeah I would, you've ticked every box.
Love Island's Laura used to date Katie Price's pop star ex Dane Bowers and here's the intimate selfie that proves it; Laura is looking for a boyfriend who can take her places after her celebrity romance
"To be honest, the boys haven't really spoken about it - and that's the god's honest truth.
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She added: "I've been scared of Jeremy and that's the God's honest truth."
Jeremy court blast at Steph after hearing; Thug 'screamed at frightened ex'
Her voice is built on that bedrock of sober sadness that assures you that no matter how clever or elegant her lyrics, she's telling you God's honest truth. Add to that the unhurried and earnest sound perfected by the best bands of the erathink The Afghan Whigs in their primeand you've got the sort of powerful and contemplative and unbearably beautiful song that makes you drop everything else you're doing and just listen.
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"This is the God's honest truth - one of the things that we came up with was dignitary protection," Sheriff Martin Cuellar said of his meeting with Mayor Benjamin Galvan Gomez.
Texas Peace Officers to Train Mexican Law Enforcment
That's the God's honest truth, we're taking it very slowly," the Daily Mail quoted her as telling Cohen.
Denise Richards confirms she's dating Nikki Sixx
"I want to know what really happened but I don't think we will ever get the God's honest truth, even if an inquest is ordered, because people just aren't bothered about finding out how he died.
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That is God's honest truth. I got myself so worked up doing this show - I knew that one little slip and the family would lose everything," said Kerry.
I'd love my Bryan to be a real-life Kerry maid!