英语词源
warts and all不隐瞒缺点地，毫不遮丑地
该词组指毫不隐瞒任何故障或缺陷。如：
a warts-and-all report on life in our schools today
一份有关当今校园生活的写实报告
英国政治家奥利弗·克伦威尔（Oliver Cromwell）对肖像画家彼得·莱利爵士（Sir Peter Lely）指示道：
“Mr Lely, I desire you would use all your skill to paint my picture truly like me, and not flatter me at all; but remark all these roughnesses, pimples, warts, and everything as you see me, otherwise I will never pay a farthing for it. “
“莱利先生，我希望您使出浑身解数忠实地描绘我，不要有一点粉饰，要把你所看见的那些粗糙之处、粉刺、肉粒等等全都画出来，否则我不会付一分钱。”
——摘自《单词的历史：英语词源漫谈》
