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Today we'll talk about idioms that use the word naked, how to pronounce this tricky word, short lived or short lived,

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We have a fun segment for you today. We're going to tell you the naked truth about a bunch of idioms that use the word naked.

Let's start at the beginning.

Naked means not wearing any clothes and it's a really old word.

We find it in old English where it was spelled N-A-C-O-D or N-A-K-E-T.

It's related to the ancient Sanskrit word Nagna and the classical Latin word Nudus.

Nudus, of course, led to today's word Nude. Naked and Nude both mean the same thing but their connotations are very different.

Being Nude has a positive span. People go to nude beaches by choice for the freedom of walking around in a world with no clothes.

The artists study nude models so they can better express the beauty of the human form. Their creations are called Nudes.

In contrast, naked has a sense of vulnerability, almost like your clothes have been stripped away and you're exposed to the world.

Haven't we all had dreams or nightmares where that happens?

Because of this sense of being stripped bare, many idioms with the word naked have that same meaning.

For example, a naked flame is when it's completely unprotected. Think of a candle that could easily tip over and catch your curtains on fire.

The naked truth refers to plain, brutal facts, free of any softening. The idea was known in Latin as Nuda Veritas.

It appeared in the work of the Roman poet Horus in his Oads, written in the first century BC.

The idea of the naked truth is also tied to several fables that tell of two figures, truth and falsehood bathing in a stream.

In the story after washing off, falsehood steps out of the water, presumably dries off and puts on truth's clothes.

Truth being an honorable woman refuses to take falsehood's clothes. Instead, she walks off proudly naked.

Another expression is to see with the naked eye. That means you're not using a tool like a microscope or telescope to enhance your vision.

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