straight from the shoulder
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.39 in modern English
39
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
2
Syllables
14
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a straightforward manner; directly; bluntly.
Example Sentences
- "He delivered his blow straight from the shoulder, felt the jar right up his arm, and realised suddenly that he was striking something passive and unresisting."
- ""Are yuh going to let the Pilgrim hang around here this summer?" he demanded in his straight-from-the-shoulder fashion."
- ""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 and straight from the shoulder—on how to proceed in the weeks and months ahead.""
- "I'd jes' like to drop into the Eastry Arms, jes' when all those beggars in the parlour are sittin' down to whist, Ruck and Marbel and all, and give 'em ten minutes of my mind, George. Straight from the shoulder. Jes' exactly what I think of them."
- "He's an uncomplicated working-class kid who speaks, jab-like, straight from the shoulder."