/ · 1894 Brewer’s · N · Naked Truth
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
The fable says that Truth and Falsehood went bathing; Falsehood came first out of the water, and dressed herself in Truth’s garments. Truth, unwilling to take those of Falsehood, went naked.
· ·
Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.