英和和英

to be candid with you

metaphorically speaking

to be frank with you

To be short,

metaphorically speaking―figuratively speaking―so to speak

To be short,

To be honest with you

to be honest

properly speaking

in no uncertain terms

In a word,...

in general terms

loosely speaking

speak openly

to make a sweeping statement

To be honest with you, he is a fool.

to be frank again

Briefly stated―To sum up―In short―In brief―In a word―in sum―in substance.

metaphorically speaking

to speak with too much self-pride

to take away one's breath―knock the breath out of one's body

in a word

In short

to express it in a concrete form―put it in a concrete form

to tell the plain truth 【イディオム・格言的には：】“call a spade a spade”

I venture to say―I shall take upon me to say―that...

personally speaking

to speak definitely

To do him justice,

Tell me what you mean.