If truth be told

[keannu]

What is the difference between the two?
a.If truth be told
b.If truth is told
Perhaps his client could not understand his obsession for Cubist expression, but Picasso would have been proud.


If truth be told, for sure, Monsieur Signy l’Abbaye was not crazy. He had simply been born 500 years too early.

 

[SoothingDave]

"If truth be told" is a fixed expression. It's subjunctive.

 

[emsr2d2]

In BrE, at least, you'll often hear it without "if".

Truth be told, I was terrified.

 

[Rover_KE]

You'll also hear 'If the truth be told...'

 

[SoothingDave]

In BrE, at least, you'll often hear it without "if".

Truth be told, I was terrified.

Yes, same in AmE.