honest-to-goodness

an honest-to-goodness thing or person is plain, simple, and exactly what they appear to be (always before noun) I'd much rather have an honest-to-goodness steak than any of the fancy stuff he cooks.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Deeann	dee-AN	English
Columba	ko-LOOM-ba (Late Roman), kə-LUM-bə (English)	Late Roman
Shadrach	SHAD-rak (English), SHAY-drak (English)	Biblical
Worknesh	-	Eastern African, Amharic
Ozazias	-	Biblical Greek
Merav	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew