to be frank with you

常見例句

To be frank with you , your counter-offer can not even cover our production cost.
坦率地說，貴方還價甚至不夠我們的生產成本。
To be frank with you, it is really difficult for us to market your products at the price offered.
坦率地說，按這樣的報價真的很難讓我們銷售你們的產品。
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B: To be frank with you, if it weren’t for our good relations, we wouldn’t consider making you a firm offer at this price.
坦率地說，如果不是為了我們之間的友好關系，我們本來不會考慮以這個價格報實盤的。

So for them to say that 300 units are available as if this is private market and you could just put an ad in the paper and say that these units are ready, is a - is being dishonest to be quite frank with you.
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