be honest/frank

phrase

: to speak in a very direct or truthful way

To be perfectly/quite honest/frank (with you), I didn't like the movie.

Examples of be honest/frank in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Oh, yes, some of the more consequential time travel, to be honest. — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2026

To be honest, having some honest pushback against Democratic authority in California wouldn’t be a terrible thing. — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026

Having a great board, and listening to your board, is the other thing — having advisors who can reality-check you and are willing to be honest with you. — Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 19 Mar. 2026

To be honest, there’s not much else up there—most Chicagoans have never even walked this way. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Feb. 2026