straight-from-the-shoulder

[ streyt-fruhm-thuh-shohl-der ]

/ ˈstreɪt frəm ðəˈʃoʊl dər /

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adjective

direct, honest, and forceful in expression; outspoken.

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Words nearby straight-from-the-shoulder

straight face, straight fight, straight flush, straightforward, straight from the horse's mouth, straight-from-the-shoulder, straight goods, straightjacket, straight joint, straight-laced, straight-line

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France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
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In straight relationships with an age gap, words like ‘gold-digger’ and ‘trophy wife’ get thrown around.
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Except the Braves did not win 14 straight pennants (they did win 14 straight division titles), and Smoltz is a also Republican.
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Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
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Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
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She sat straight up in bed, and jerked her hands to her head, and screamed long and terribly.
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She was holding the back of her chair with one hand; her loose sleeve had slipped almost to the shoulder of her uplifted arm.
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This wasn't at all what he meant to say, and it sounded very ridiculous; but somehow the words wouldn't come straight.
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She had listened—she had listened intently, looking straight out of the window and without moving.
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Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
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straight from the shoulder

In a direct, forthright manner, as in I'll tell you, straight from the shoulder, that you'll have to do better or they'll fire you. This expression comes from boxing, where it describes a blow delivered with full force. Its figurative use dates from the late 1800s.

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