Like in the sentense:
"the president pulls no punches" thanks for your help !
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- vincentAugust 2020
BEANTWORTEN SIE FRAGEN
AussieInBgAugust 2020 "to pull no punches with sb / about sth - to not hold back, restrain or limit what you might say/do to sb about sth From memory, the idiom comes from boxing, when someone does not hold back punching someone, i.e. when they throw a punch, it is always to hit, it is not to bluff. "to pull no punches" tends to be used much more in American English than British English and is usually used informally. |
AussieInBgAugust 2020 Merci beaucoup! J'ai appris une nouvelle expression.
vincentAugust 2020 In French there is a similar expression when speaking only, I think it's "Ne pas mâcher ses mots"