英譯：
honesty is the best policy
例句：
Mary: I borrowed Jane’s white blouse without asking her, and then I spilled tomato sauce on it. Should I tell her what happened, or should I just put the blouse back in her closet and hope she won’t notice? Teresa: Honesty is the best policy. (瑪麗：我沒先問珍就借了她的白襯衫，後來我把蕃茄醬弄在襯衫上。我該告訴她實情，還是就把襯衫放回她的衣櫥，希望她沒注意到呢? 泰瑞莎：誠實才是上策)
When I was a young boy, my father usually said that honesty was the best policy. (在我小時候，我父親經常說，誠實才是上策)
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