to speak bluntly
1speak — v. 1) ( to talk ) to speak bluntly, candidly, frankly, freely; coherently; correctly; fluently; glibly; incorrectly; irresponsibly; loudly; openly; politely; quickly, rapidly; quietly, softly; responsibly; rudely; slowly; truthfully 2) (D; intr.) …
2speak — v. (past spoke; past part. spoken) 1 intr. make articulate verbal utterances in an ordinary (not singing) voice. 2 tr. a utter (words). b make known or communicate (one s opinion, the truth, etc.) in this way (never speaks sense). 3 intr. a (foll …
3speak — Ōlelo, wala au, namu, ī, ho opuka, leo, kula au, pane, pua, hua, hōpilo, kūpā oi, pāo io i; hewa ka waha (hastily, too much). See chat, garrulous, gibberish, indistinct, jabber, rude, speech. ♦ Speak loudly, leo nui, leoleo, leoleowā,… …
4call a spade a spade — speak bluntly He was calling a spade a spade when he began to criticize his employee for being lazy …
5not to put too fine a point on it — speak bluntly. → findings …
6not to put too fine a point on it — To speak bluntly • • • Main Entry: ↑point * * * not to put too fine a point on it phrase used before saying something in a very direct way that may seem rude Emily is, not to put too fine a point on it, a liar. Thesaurus: polite words and… …
7shoot from the hip — phrasal : to act or speak hastily without consideration of the consequences * * * shoot from the hip (informal) To speak bluntly or hastily, without preparation or without concern for the consequences • • • Main Entry: ↑shoot * * * shoot from the …
8call a spade a spade — {v. phr.} To call a person or thing a name that is true but not polite; speak bluntly; use the plainest language. * /A boy took some money from Dick s desk and said he borrowed it, but I told him he stole it; I believe in calling a spade a… …
9call a spade a spade — {v. phr.} To call a person or thing a name that is true but not polite; speak bluntly; use the plainest language. * /A boy took some money from Dick s desk and said he borrowed it, but I told him he stole it; I believe in calling a spade a… …
10Tchaikovsky and the Five — As Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky studied with Nikolai Zaremba at the Western oriented St. Petersburg Conservatory, critic Vladimir Stasov and composer Mily Balakirev espoused a nationalistic, less Western oriented and more locally ideomatic school of… …