If I am being honest

[Dominik92]

Hello

What does this mean? Is it gram. correct? I have heard it so many times. But if I asked my teacher about this - she wasn' t sure whether it was possible to use it in normal speech. It s eems to me that Tom Cruise uses this phrase in every movie he plays in.

Thank you

 

[MikeNewYork]

The phrase is grammatical but it needs an ending.

 

[BobK]

:up: It usually comes before an admission of some sort. It is as if the speaker was by-passing a conversation like this:

A. It wasn‘t my fault.
B. Well, I think you were both at fault.
A.. Rubbish, it was all their fault.
B. Come on now, be honest. Don‘t you think you were being a bit unreasonable?
A. Mmm. Maybe you have a point. If I‘m being honest, we were both partly to blame.

They miss out the first 4+ lines, and go straight to the last sentence. ;-)

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