英美人天天都在说的4000句 35: call a spade a spade

　　[00:03]J：Yeah uh, Phoebe! Look umm,
[00:08]I want to apologize about before,OK?
[00:10]We were being jerks. Parker's a nice guy and I'd like to get to know him.
[00:14]P：Then you better do it now.
[00:15]J：Why?
[00:16]P：Because I'm going to kill him.
[00:18]J：What? What?
[00:19]P：You guys were right. He's just too excited about everything.
[00:23]I mean I'm all for living life, but this is the Geller's 35th anniversary.
[00:27]OK? Let's call a spade a spade: this party stinks¹.

1 stinks   

v.散发出恶臭( stink的第三人称单数 )；发臭味；名声臭；糟透

参考例句：

• The whole scheme stinks to high heaven—don't get involved in it. 整件事十分卑鄙龌龊——可别陷了进去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The soup stinks of garlic. 这汤有大蒜气味。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》