broad hint

But he gave only a broad hint of how that office might work.

Today, two of the bank's top officials issued broad hints in the same direction.

He looked at his watch long enough to give her a broad hint.

In any event, more than one woman guest had given him some pretty broad hints, and he'd let them slide right on past.

And had a broader hint been needed, there was the case of his old friend.

If the child has difficulty getting a letter, the coach will offer broad hints and say "good job" anyway.

Only this morning, I tried what a broad hint would do toward suggesting that her visits had better come to an end.

And so he left hints, not too extremely broad, behind him.

Carlos was giving out broad hints, trying to lead Forward to his own conclusion.

I also made a couple of broad hints about looking for a job.