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Idiom not 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 former minister as self-centred and arrogant.
not mince (one's) wordsTo speak very bluntly and directly, without regard to whether one's words may upset someone. Wow, your aunt really doesn't mince her words. Is my sweatshirt really that ugly? Let me know what you think of the story when you're done, and, please, don't mince your words. not mince words (or matters) speak candidly and directly, especially when criticizing someone or something.mince words, not toTo speak plainly, without equivocating to avoid giving offense. This expression, also put as not to mince matters, dates from Shakespeare’s time (he used it in Othello and Antony and Cleopatra) and in effect transfers the cutting into small pieces of some object, like meat, to moderating or softening one’s language. |