straight from the shoulder

straight from the shoulder
straight from the shoulder
Fig. very direct, without attenuation or embellishment. •

Okay, I'll give it to you straight from the shoulder.

Right straight from the shoulder: clean out your desk; you're through.

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{adv. phr.}, {informal} In an open and honest way of speaking; without holding back anything because of fear or politeness or respect for someone's feelings; frankly. * /John asked what he had done wrong. Bob told him straight from the shoulder./ * /The candidate for Congress spoke out against his opponent's dishonesty straight from the shoulder./ Contrast: PULL ONE'S PUNCHES.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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