straight from the shoulderBritish EnglishBrE informal if someone speaks straight from the shoulder, they say things in a very direct way, without trying to be polite 直截了当地,坦诚地straight from the shoulder• The jab snaps out straight from the shoulder and bounces back immediately into high guard.• Sometimes he spoke straight from the shoulder and sometimes in puzzles and parables.
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