being honest is always good and fruitful
to advice someone to be honest in their dealings
to be honest about things is better than elaborating lies
honesty is so important that it should be a policy
The company has high moral standards and has the words “honesty is the best policy” written all over its premises.
I learnt this as a kid, honesty is the best policy.
If my kids have broken the vase then I trust that they will come clean themselves because I have taught them that honesty is the best policy.
No one in this particular political party knows that honesty is the best policy.
The police stuck to honesty being the best policy in this case and gave us facts from the very beginning.
I cannot bother with explanations later so stick with honesty being the best policy.
There is no origin for this idiom
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Common phrase that has a specific meaning.