You don't know what the truth, the
whole truth and nothing but the truth is.
plural truths
1 a archaic :
fidelity,
constancy
b : sincerity in action, character, and
utterance2 a (1) : the
state of being the case : fact
(2) : the body of real things, events, and
facts : actuality
(3) often capitalized : a
transcendent fundamental or spiritual reality b :
a judgment, proposition, or idea that is true or accepted as true
<truths of thermodynamics> c :
the body of true statements and propositions
- Do you swear to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
- Her story contains a grain of truth but also
lots of exaggeration
the whole truth - not leaving any material out
nothing but the truth - definitely no lies
