Warts And All Meaning

(idiomatic, often hyphenated) Of or pertaining to a description or other depiction which reveals the full range of characteristics of a person or thing, including the shortcomings and imperfections.

Example: 1957, "The Last Days of Freud," Time, 14 Oct.:
  Biographer Jones, for all his hero worship, belongs to the warts-and-all school, and notes some strange quirks in Freud's character.