give it to straight



give it to somebody straight

to tell someone something unpleasant directly and honestly Just give it to me straight - how badly is he hurt?
See also: give, straight

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
JÓHannes-Icelandic, Faroese
Radomira-Serbian
Lieber-Yiddish
Siva-Tamil, Indian, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam
Staffan-Swedish
Einion-Welsh