show one's true stripes

Meaning: (idiomatic)Torevealone's realbeliefs,sentiments, orcharacter, especially through one'sbehavior.1996February 26, “Editorial" Against Change in Cuba”, inMiami Herald, retrieved21 March 2013, page14A:Fidel Castroshowed his true stripesagain—as if they weren't indelible enough already—by letting his MiGs shoot down two of three unarmed Cuban-exile planes off Havana's coast on Saturday.2002,Jeffrey Eugenides,Middlesex,→ISBN(2011 reprint),p. 363 (Google preview):“Now they'reshowing their true stripes,” Iimmy Fioretos said. “The Turks wanted to invade all along. That malarkey about ‘protecting the Constitution’ was just a pretext.”2005July 12, Danny Hakim, “With Sierra Club's Help, Ford Pushes a New Hybrid”, inNew York Times, retrieved21 March 2013:"My fear is that Bill Ford isshowing his true stripesas just another short-sighted auto executive with no interest in the environment."

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