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Thesaurus: it does exactly what it says on the tin

it does exactly what it says on the tin (idiomatic, Britain, Ireland) What is described or what one would expect with no further explanation needed.

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  1. it does exactly what it says on the tin (idiomatic, Britain, Ireland) What is described or what one would expect with no further explanation needed.