mince no words

mince no words
говори́ть пря́мо, без обиняко́в

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  • mince (your) words — informal phrase to be careful about what you say in order to be polite or not offend someone He’s never been the kind of politician to mince words. Thesaurus: being careful about what you saysynonym Main entry: mince …   Useful english dictionary

  • mince your words — (not) mince (your) words to say what you mean clearly and directly, even if you upset people by doing this. The report does not mince words about the incompetence of some government officials. Never a woman to mince her words, she described the… …   New idioms dictionary

  • not mince your words — not mince (your) words (or US mince no words) : to speak in a very direct and honest way without worrying that you may be offending someone He doesn t mince words about the proposed law, which he considers “unconstitutional” and “idiotic.” She… …   Useful english dictionary

  • not mince your words — (not) mince (your) words to say what you mean clearly and directly, even if you upset people by doing this. The report does not mince words about the incompetence of some government officials. Never a woman to mince her words, she described the… …   New idioms dictionary

  • not mince (your) words — not mince (your) ˈwords idiom to say sth in a direct way even though it might offend other people • They were severely criticized by the chairman, who was not a man to mince his words. Main entry: ↑minceidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • mince words — If people mince words, or mince their words, they don t say what they really mean clearly …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • mince — [mins] vt. minced, mincing [ME mincen < OFr mincier < VL * minutiare < L minutus, small: see MINUTE2] 1. to cut up or chop up (meat, etc.) into very small pieces; hash 2. to subdivide minutely 3. to express or do with affected elegance… …   English World dictionary

  • mince — [[t]mɪ̱ns[/t]] minces, mincing, minced 1) N UNCOUNT Mince is meat which has been cut into very small pieces using a machine. [mainly BRIT] Brown the mince in a frying pan. Syn: mincemeat (in AM, use ground beef, hamburger meat) 2) VERB If you… …   English dictionary

  • mince words — (not) mince (your) words to say what you mean clearly and directly, even if you upset people by doing this. The report does not mince words about the incompetence of some government officials. Never a woman to mince her words, she described the… …   New idioms dictionary

  • mince — mince1 [mıns] v [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: mincier, from Latin minutia smallness ; MINUTIAE] 1.) [T] also mince sth<=>up to cut food, especially meat, into very small pieces, usually using a machine ▪ minced lamb ▪ Mince the… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • mince — mince1 [ mıns ] verb 1. ) transitive to cut meat into very small pieces using a machine 2. ) intransitive to walk with very short steps in a way that is not natural, or, if you are a man, seems more typical of a woman mince (your) words INFORMAL… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English


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