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straight talk



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Idioms and Phrases

Plain, honest speaking, as in We have to have some straight talk with Harry before he goes away to college . [Late 1800s]

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Example Sentences

And equal to Bunning in decency, honesty, fullness of thought, and forwardly straight talk was Rick Robinson.

The general who commanded coalition troops in the first Gulf War was known for his straight talk as well as his battle prowess.

Everyone remembers John McCain's famous “Straight Talk Express,” but can you remember George W. Bush's campaign jet in 2000?

On the Straight Talk Express he was still an irresistible charmer.

McCain said almost nothing at the White House meeting, and stripped the gears of the Straight Talk Express.

I haven't given you a basting since you were fifteen—but I'll paste you one right in the mouth if you don't talk straight talk!

You've brought this on yourself, and there's nothing for it now but a straight talk.

He might—but—well, after one straight talk—not another word.

One day one of the missionaries, tried by his cupidity and avarice, gave him a straight talk.

He was in the habit of having 258 a straight talk with the employing farmers, telling them that the boys must be treated squarely.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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