open the kimono

open the kimono

To be transparently open about one's plans, dealings, or intentions. I assure you that our company has opened the kimono about every aspect of our tax obligations to the state.
See also: kimono, open
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • kimono
  • open (up) (one's) kimono
  • open kimono
  • open up one’s kimono
  • open one’s kimono
  • reveal (one's) cards
  • reveal (one's) hand
  • show (one's) hand
  • show your hand
  • show/reveal your hand
References in periodicals archive
Curated by Jake, NewsBiz is where we'll open the kimono on nonprofit news.
T-Squared: Trib Fellows Launch NewsBiz Site
Manufacturers in the era of reverse engineering may be reluctant to fully open the kimono, but that results in offerings that are by and large tame.
Defeating incrementalism
So Intel has decided to open the kimono on its upcoming MMX ("multimedia extensions") line of processors, which should appear in mass@market machines in time for Christmas of 1997.
The future according to Intel