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straight from the shoulder

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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.
See also: shoulder, straight
straight from the shoulder  (American)
if you speak straight from the shoulder, you speak directly and honestly I gave it to him straight from the shoulder. 'You're talking garbage,' I said. (American)
See also: shoulder, straight
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As he came up with them, he saw that two little lads, the one about nine years of age and the other somewhat older, were standing on the plot in front of the cottage, each holding out a round stick in their left hands, with their arms stiff and straight from the shoulder, as silent and still as two small statues.
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Burton struck out, without warning, straight from the shoulder.
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