not mince matters

He was only twelve at the time, and she did not mince matters.

Time was short, and he could not mince matters.

"I don't think it will help Mother at all to go to Holland," she said, not mincing matters.

The soldiers did not mince matters.

Accordingly, Daunt lost no time in again seeing his client, and at his interview he did not mince matters.

"He has not minced matters!

Terentia did not mince matters, but the words she used were all of a variety permitted to women of her quality.

"Ye're late," Lady Adella said, not mincing matters, even with a guest.

Like the socialists, they do not mince matters, but state boldly and plainly that they are fighting to subjugate the opposing class.

'Sarah is a stick,' Kanola said, not mincing matters.

'Six foot of misery, that's wot 'e looks like to me,' said Mr Biggleswade, not mincing matters.

Ian interrupted, "Really, Bertrand, your concern does you honor, but I have Mabley--was "A tired old man, Ian," Bertrand said, not mincing matters.

Capsali, conscious of having been maligned, did not mince matters in answering Colon's letters; and a bitter discussion arose between the two men, in which the leading rabbis of Germany, Italy, and the Orient took part.