丑话说在前头

chǒu huà shuō zài qián tou

let's talk about the unpleasant things first; let's be frank

丑

chǒu

shameful

话

huà

old variant of 話|话[hua4]

说

shuō

to speak; to talk; to say

在

zài

to exist; to be alive

前

qián

front

头

tou

suffix for nouns