call a spade a spade

• Many threads have skirted the subject, but in the light of recent events, let’s call a spade a spade. At least the reader will know what the real subject is when he reads this. [I/in Canada we call it a “fucking shovel”.]

An exasperated Charlie AG4YO starting “The Official VE7KFM and K1MAN Thread” on QRZ.com 27 Aug ‘07