Make No Bones about It ——直言不諱

** to say, do, or indicate something clearly and without hesitation, formality, evasion, or fear of consequences（清楚地說明、做或表明，毫不猶豫、拘謹、逃避或害怕後果。）

~~不加掩飾；直言不諱；毫不畏懼；毫不猶豫；直截了當；毫無顧忌；不事渲染；直率地表示自己的意見；不加掩飾的發表看法；直截了當地處理問題

~~ make no fuss about it; get to the nitty-gritty; cut right to the chase; get down to brass tacks; mince no words; talk turkey; not beat around the bush; not pull your punches

!! The first allusion is probably to persons’ making no fuss or objection about eating soup, stew or pottage if there are bones in it.

第一個典故可能是“如果湯、燉肉或濃湯裡面有骨頭，沒有人會大驚小怪或反對”。

!! The second allusion is the bones in the gambling dice. Dice thrower who "made no bones" would avoid the usual chants and invocations urging the dice to come up right, and would simply throw them without hesitation or fuss.

第二個典故是賭博時所投擲的骨頭骰子，投擲者毫不畏懼常見的叫骰數和祈求骰數的出現，並且會毫不猶疑或直接了當地扔骰子。

>> EduardoDuhalde, upon taking office of the President of Argentina on January 5, 2002, made no bones about the condition of his country: "Argentinais bust. It's bankrupt. Business is halted, .."

愛德華多 · 杜阿爾在二○○二年一月五日就任阿根廷總統後，對他的國家狀況不加掩飾地說：“阿根廷正在被撃碎，它已經破產，業務已停止了。”

>> When your company is in financial trouble, make no bones about it, tell your employees the absolute reality.

當你的公司陷入財務困境時，要直言不諱告訴員工這是現實。

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