warts and all

warts and all
Существует выражение to paint somebody warts and all — изображать кого-либо без прикрас. Оливер Кромвель, лорд-протектор Англии, после гражданской войны (1642—49), позируя для портрета, приказал художнику не приукрашивать его покрытое бородавками лицо.

'Remark all these roughnesses, pimples, warts and everything as you see me, otherwise I will never pay a farthing for it.' — «Изобразите все эти изъяны, прыщи, бородавки и всё, что вы видите, иначе я не заплачу ни фартинга за портрет».

This latest biography of X gives us a complete picture of the man, warts and all. — Эта последняя биография Икса даёт нам полное представление о личности этого человека, всё без прикрас.


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