Show Your True Colors Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms - What does Show Your True Colors Idiom mean?

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Show your true colors What does Show your true colors mean?	To reveal your true intentions, personality, or behaviors.	Everyone is on best behavior on the first date, but soon enough you will show your true colors. Color(s) has numerous meanings. An early use of the word is flag, pennant, or badge. Early warships often carried flags from many nations on board in order to elude or deceive the enemy. The rules of civilized warfare called for all ships to hoist their true national ensigns before firing a shot. Someone who finally "shows his true colors" is acting like a warship which hails another ship flying one flag, but then hoisted their own when they got in firing range.
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play by the rules What does "play by the rules" mean?	follow the generally accepted rules of something	follow the generally accepted rules of somethingThe team members refused to play by the rules so they were asked to leave the tournament.

fuck like rabbits What does "fuck like rabbits" mean?	have sex regularly and repeatedly
bring (something) to a head What does "bring (something) to a head" mean?	to cause something to reach a point where a decision or some action is necessary	The accident will bring the issue of safety to a head.
get going What does "get going" mean?	to begin, to act, to go	"Let's get going and begin to clean the house."
catch a cold What does "catch a cold" mean?	to become sick with a cold	I caught a cold because of the rain and the cold weather.
put (someone) to shame What does "put (someone) to shame" mean?	to be much better than someone else, to embarrass someone	The school project of my neighbor's child put our child to shame.
resonate with (someone) What does "resonate with (someone)" mean?	to appeal to someone or cause someone to like something	The idea of a film festival resonated with most members of the community.

too many cooks spoil the broth/stew What does "too many cooks spoil the broth/stew" mean?	too many people trying to do something will cause problems	Too many cooks spoil the broth and having too many people work on the project was making it difficult to do anything.
put (someone or something) at (someone's) disposal What does "put (someone or something) at (someone's) disposal" mean?	to make someone or something available to someone	I put myself at my friend's disposal when he visited me last summer.
dig (something) out What does "dig (something) out" mean?	to locate something	I dug out last year's income tax forms to look at.
as a last resort What does "as a last resort" mean?	if everything else fails	As a last resort we decided to borrow some money to buy the car.

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Show Your True Colors Idiom