The answers to the three clues below will have something in common that is hinted at by the fourth clue.

1. "Don't beat around the bush."

2. "Things won't change."

3. "Try to understand my situation."

4. Inflammatory ending

 

Answers:

 

1. "Tell it like it is."

2. "That's the way it is." or "It is what it is."

3. " You know how it is."

4. ITIS

 

Credit: Harvey Estes