straight goods

1. The truth, as in Is that straight goods about how much you still owe? or I'm giving you the straight goods about Monica. [Slang; late 1800s]

Example Sentences

I am giving you straight goods.

From Project Gutenberg

“But when you come to ‘cutting the corners’ and pretending that the ball was caught when it wasn’t, that isn’t straight goods.

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Viewers did not always get the straight goods Saturday night from other presidential hopefuls, either.

From Washington Post

"Is this straight goods, Billy, or are you getting us on a string?" asked Bart suspiciously.

From Project Gutenberg

I know of at least two department stores where you can go and buy all you want of it, and in all its grades—from notoriety down to the straight goods.”

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