| 单词 | straight-from-the-shoulder |
| 例句 | He’s a crook, a cozener and a sociopath, the worst possible choice in a time of crisis, but he’s got a folksy, straight-from-the-shoulder delivery that people relate to. Stephen King on Donald Trump: ‘How do such men rise? First as a joke’ 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z Baldwin, we are old friends, and I'd trust you to the limit—on any proposition that doesn't ask for more than straight-from-the-shoulder honesty. The Real Man 2011-07-29T02:00:28.280Z There is a book to write about Hiddink’s personality, his instincts, his straight-from-the-shoulder way of conducting business. Global Soccer: Transmitting a Gift That Goes Beyond Words 2010-03-23T17:21:00Z The Cubans and the officers of the company alike came in for a good deal of straight-from-the-shoulder Yankee criticism. Pioneering in Cuba A Narrative of the Settlement of La Gloria, the First American Colony in Cuba, and the Early Experiences of the Pioneers He is especially aided in his courtship if "she" happens to be a quick-spoken Thoracic, a straight-from-the-shoulder Muscular, or one of those determined Osseous girls. How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types I don't know that I can offer you a real row, my idea was to hand you a few straight-from-the-shoulder remarks and then a couple of ultimatums. The Monk of Hambleton The message was a straight-from-the-shoulder presentation of the life of Jesus Christ and the claims of God upon the lives of all men. The Fight for the Argonne Personal Experiences of a 'Y' Man It was all straight-from-the-shoulder kind of talk, garbed in homely phrase. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin They have better manners, perhaps, than we have, but they’re sensible, straight-from-the-shoulder men of business. The White Mice It was no good trying some tricky approach; his best bet was the straight-from-the-shoulder bit. Greylorn For humorous poetry abounds among all southern war-collections; some of it polished and keen in its satire; most of it striking hard and "straight-from-the-shoulder" blows at some detected error, or some crying abuse. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death "Very well, sir," said Colin, a little taken aback by this straight-from-the-shoulder statement. The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries Within the few hours he had come to like the old professor, for Longstreet, though academic, was a straight-from-the-shoulder type of man, one of no subterfuges. The Desert Valley Of course, I didn't have any love for any Yankees—and haven't now, for that matter—but I told my white folks straight-from-the-shoulder that I could not pray along those lines. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 "Are yuh going to let the Pilgrim hang around here this summer?" he demanded in his straight-from-the-shoulder fashion while he was drying the first cup. The Long Shadow It has the well-known Whitlock straight-from-the-shoulder point and brevity to it. In the Claws of the German Eagle This was extraordinarily straight-from-the-shoulder thinking but all the way out to the scene of the festivities she pondered quietly. Alcatraz That last, my dear, is a hint—a good, straight-from-the-shoulder hint. The Glory of the Conquered The Story of a Great Love Like a mouse one minute, and then this straight-from-the-shoulder business…. Night Must Fall : a Play in Three Acts When the straight-from-the-shoulder American takes time to finish his thought, to mold his sentences, to brain his reader with a perfect expression of his tense emotion, then he makes literature. Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism They were straight-from-the-shoulder remarks, or, as he called them, they were “brass tacks.” The Mutiny of the Elsinore |
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