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mealy-mouthed

not brave enough to say what you mean directly and honestly Strangely enough, although we are getting more mealy-mouthed about mental and physical disabilities, we are increasingly frank about bodily functions.

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Shame on the mealy-mouthed and weasel-worded politicians. We support troops, not politicians; VOICE OF THE NORTH by The Journal (Newcastle, England) Even if one were to stretch credulity to its limits, and accept their mealy-mouthed excuses, it doesn''t inspire the populace to entrust the financial affairs of a major nation when (even if one were to believe their stories), they appear to be totally incapable of managing their own. Hardly inspiring; LETTERS to the EDITOR by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) And it is now time for ministers to forego mealy-mouthed responses and meaningless soundbites and to actually say and do something positive. Time to listen to the public by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)			match in match up match up to match wits mate mate with mate with an animal mater matter matter of life and death matter of opinion matter to max max out maxed out may may as well May I be excused? May the best man win maybe Maybe some other time mccoy me neither mea culpa meal mealy-mouthed mean mean as mean business mean by mean for mean no offense mean nothing mean streak mean to mean to do mean well meaner than a junkyard dog meaning meant meant to be measure measure against measure off measure out measure up measure up against meat meat and two veg Mecca for meddle			Meals on Board Meals on Wheels Meals on Wheels Meals on Wheels Association of America Meals on Wheels Association of America Foundation Meals on Wheels Chicago Meals on Wheels Community Services Meals on Wheels for Greater Houston Meals on Wheels of San Francisco Meals per Labor Hour Meals, Incidentals and Expenses meals-on-wheels mealtime mealtimes mealworm mealworm mealworm Mealworm beetle Mealworms Mealworms Mealworms mealy mealy mealy bug mealy bug Mealy bugs Mealy bugs Mealy machine Mealy Redpoll mealy sage mealy-mouthed mealybug mealybug Mealybugs Mealybugs mealymouthed MEAM MEAMA MEAMS mean mean mean mean mean mean mean Mean (mathematics) Mean (mathematics) Mean (mathematics) Mean (mathematics) Mean (mathematics) Mean (statistics) Mean (statistics) Mean (statistics) Mean (statistics) Mean (statistics) Mean Above Minus Below A Cut Mean Absolute Deviation Mean Absolute Deviation Mean Absolute Deviation Percentage Mean Absolute Difference

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