used when telling someone what you really think, especially when it may be something that they do not want to hear 老实说;说实话 To be honest, the meal was terrible. 老实说,这顿饭糟糕透了。
to be quite/absolutely/perfectly honest : To be quite honest, I'm just not interested. 说实在的,我就是不感兴趣。
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