warts and all

See also: warts-and-all

English

Alternative forms

warts-and-all

Adjective

warts and all (not comparable)

(idiomatic, often hyphenated) Of or pertaining to a description or other depiction which reveals the full range of characteristics of a person or thing, including the shortcomings and imperfections.
- 1957, "The Last Days of Freud," Time, 14 Oct.:
  Biographer Jones, for all his hero worship, belongs to the warts-and-all school, and notes some strange quirks in Freud's character.

Translations

of a description which does not conceal shortcomings or imperfections

Dutch: wratten en al inbegrepen, in de staat waarin het zich bevindt
Finnish: kaunistelematon (fi)

Polish: ze wszystkimi przywarami

Adverb

warts and all (not comparable)

(idiomatic) In a manner which does not conceal shortcomings or imperfections.
- 2003, Donna Freydkin, "Young and voyeuristic," USA Today, 14 Jan.:
  The new crop of reality shows brings us that much closer to the contestants, warts and all.

Translations

in a manner which does not conceal shortcomings or imperfections

Finnish: kaunistelematta (fi)

Polish: bezdyskusyjnie (pl)

See also

References

“warts and all” in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)

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