if the truth were known
if the truth were known
Prov. if people knew how something really was, instead of how it appears to be. If the truth were known, people wouldn't shop at that store. Its owners aren't as honest as they seem. Sam: You're always polite to Fred, but you don't really like him, do you? Alan: Well, no, if the truth were known.
See also: if, known, truth
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- along the beaten track
- beaten
- big and bold
- chief
- (there are) too many chiefs and not enough Indians
- come from far and wide
- beautiful
- beautiful people
- beautiful people, the
- couple