on the level vs what you see is what you get

on the level

prep

  • Synonym of on the square (“discreet reference to freemasonry”) 

  • Honest(ly), sincere(ly), straightforward(ly), fair(ly). 

what you see is what you get

proverb

  • The image corresponds to the reality. 

  • The screen image resembles the printed output. 

How often have the words on the level and what you see is what you get occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )