There's the phrase - "as a matter of fact", and there's another one which looks similar but it's not - "the fact of the matter".
"As a matter of fact" is synonymous to "frankly speaking", "to tell you the truth", "plainly speaking" etc. It can also substitute "by the way", "in fact", "actually".
"The fact of the matter", however, is used to introduce "the truth", the way things really are, or to say something unexpected / surprising to the listener. For example:
~ "I don't understand why we're so surprized with Keith's performance, the fact of the matter is he works here only because he's the president's son, he didn't have any expertise from the beginning".
#expressions
"As a matter of fact" is synonymous to "frankly speaking", "to tell you the truth", "plainly speaking" etc. It can also substitute "by the way", "in fact", "actually".
"The fact of the matter", however, is used to introduce "the truth", the way things really are, or to say something unexpected / surprising to the listener. For example:
~ "I don't understand why we're so surprized with Keith's performance, the fact of the matter is he works here only because he's the president's son, he didn't have any expertise from the beginning".
#expressions