straight from the shoulder

Meaning: (idiomatic,often hyphenated,chiefly of an act of communication)Done in adirectmanner;blunt.1896, Joseph Conrad, chapter IV, inAn Outcast of the Islands, London:T. Fisher Unwin[…],→OCLC, part IV,page276:He delivered his blowstraight from the shoulder, felt the jar right up his arm, and realised suddenly that he was striking something passive and unresisting.1908,B. M. Bower, chapter 19, inThe Long Shadow:"Are yuh going to let the Pilgrim hang around here this summer?" he demanded in hisstraight-from-the-shoulderfashion.2006December 19, Jeffrey Donovan, “New Report Says Iraq Attacks Hit Record High”, inRadio Free Europe Radio Liberty, retrieved11 June 2009:"I intend to travel quite soon to Iraq and meet with our military leaders and other personnel there," he said. "I look forward to hearing their honest assessments of the situation on the ground and to having the benefit of their advice—unvarnished andstraight from the shoulder—on how to proceed in the weeks and months ahead."

Examples:

EN: I finally had to speak straight from the shoulder.
ES: Tuve que ser franco con él.
EN: It comes straight from the shoulder. You know you're getting a great piece of goods in Sis.
ES: Se lleva una muchacha fantástica.
EN: Well, all right, here it is, straight from the shoulder.
ES: Bueno, está bien, aquí está, De una vez por todas.
EN: - Well, can i talk to you as man to man, straight from the shoulder?
ES: ¿Puedo hablar contigo de hombre a hombre directamente y sin tapujos?
EN: Now listen, pal. I'm going to give it to you straight from the shoulder.
ES: Sientes algo en tus oídos, pero no es tu culpa.
EN: But I'm straight from the shoulder.
ES: Pero iré al grano.
EN: All right, then I'll give it to you straight from the shoulder.
ES: Bien, entonces, te lo diré claramente.
EN: Direct, straight from the shoulder.
ES: Directa y sin rodeos.
EN: Shades of Tristan and Isolde, shoot me a love theme straight from the shoulder.
ES: Espectros de Isolda y Tristán... déjenme un tema de amor allí en el zaguán.
EN: We must talk to Harrie straight from the shoulder.
ES: Tenemos que hablar directamente con Harrie.
EN: Big missiles, little missiles - here's the short blowpipe surface-to-air missile with which one soldier can bring an aircraft out of the sky, straight from the shoulder.
ES: Grandes misiles, pequeños misiles - Aquí tenemos el misil tierra-aire de tubo corto con el que un soldado puede sacar un avión del cielo, directamente desde su hombro.
EN: There will be no pulling across the back, and it will fall straight from the shoulder blades.
HI: कीचड का कुछ नहीं बिगड़ता, बिगड़ता उसमें पत्थर फेंकने वाले का है
EN: He promoted them as "straight from the shoulder attacks
HI: उन्हें मुफलिसी से उठा कर तो' देखे
EN: Black & White: classic look straight from the shoulder of darkroom
HI: रंगा और बिल्ला: मर्डर के पीछे का चेहरा
EN: I'll give it to you straight from the shoulder, son.
HI: दिलवाऊंगी तुमसे, बेटे के सिर पर हाथ रखकर.

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