gospel truth
Unquestionable sacred verity
Gospel truth is something accepted as absolutely and unquestionably true, alluding to the authority of the four Gospels in Christian scripture.
The phrase often appears with ironic distance: She acts like everything he says is gospel truth.
To take something as gospel is to believe it without question.
- chapter and verseExact documented source details
- lowdownEssential inside facts
- irrefutabilityImpossible to argue against
- truthAccordance with reality
- certaintyTotal absence of doubt
infallible · real McCoy · sworn testimony · skinny · authenticity · absolute · carved in stone · unvarnished · plain and simple · straight from the horse's mouth · veracity · unquestionable · fact · bible · undeniable · evangel · assurance · holy writ
- religious pronouncementscreed, dogma, pronouncement, bull, encyclical
- Biblical ExpressionsGarden of Eden, David and Goliath, Good Samaritan, prodigal son, forbidden fruit
- truthstruth, truths, facts, fact, reality
- scriptureBible, New Testament, Old Testament, verses, passages
- Christianesealtar call, backslider, blessed, born again, churched
- accuracyaccurate, precise, exact, correct, right
gospel truthbald-faced lie
Shameless, obvious untruth
pack of lies · tall tale · hogwash · malarkey · poppycock
gospel truthhearsay
Unverified secondhand information
speculation · conjecture · rumor · gossip · guesswork
gospel truthpropaganda
Biased information for influence
barefaced lie · big lie · whopper · canard · disinformation