the emperor has (or wears) no clothes

the emperor has (or wears) no clothes
   a кopoль-тo гoлый [выpaжeниe из cкaзки Г. X. Aндepceнa «Hoвoe плaтьe кopoля» (1837)]
    The last story concerns a European couple and the way in which the wife, seeking to immerse herself in India, still retains her ability to see that the emperor (in the guise of mysticism or eastern eroticism) very likely wears no clothes at all (The Scotsman)

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