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Originally Posted by old man neri
There are a lot of phrases in the English language that don't make sense if you pick them apart. "All but done" WTF does that really mean. The list is endless.
I think 'to be honest' implies that you were not lying before but now you are going to say everything in an unrestrained manner. Not going to hold anything back. Or you are not saying the company line but stating your own thoughts.
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This is how I use it. I am not implying that anything I said before was anything less than the truth, just that this current statement might be painful.