Straight-from-the-shoulder Definition

strātfrəm-thə-shōldər
adjective
Frank and forthright.
Straight-from-the-shoulder reporting.
American Heritage
Alternative spelling of straight from the shoulder.
Wiktionary

(idiomatic, often hyphenated, chiefly of an act of communication) Done in a direct manner; blunt.

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adverb

(idiomatic, chiefly of communicating) In a straightforward manner; directly; bluntly.

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Origin of Straight-from-the-shoulder

  • 1896, Joseph Conrad, An Outcast of the Islands, ch. 4:

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