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to show one's true colors
01
to behave in a way that reveals who a person truly is as opposed to whom they seem to be
Dialect
American
American
Idiom
Informal
Esempi
After gaining power, the politician revealed his true colors by implementing policies that contradicted his earlier promises.
The friend who had always seemed trustworthy showed his true colors when he betrayed the secret entrusted to him.
