Yet some former group members now have a distinctly unvarnished opinion of him.

But others welcomed Dryden's unvarnished opinions and felt that the Bertuzzi incident was a tipping point.

I felt some misgivings, remembering his promise (or threat) to give me his unvarnished opinion, but told him to come ahead.

I expect I'd better, before he offers any more unvarnished opinions.

I need my senior officers to give me their unvarnished opinion.

But a final, two-part profile was unvarnished opinion at its most brutal.

I strongly believe she's entitled to seek and receive the best judgment and unvarnished opinions of her subordinates, which is me.

"Thank you, Vree, for your unvarnished and candid opinion. "

And I promise I will always give you my unvarnished opinion.

"I give the president my advice and unvarnished opinion and he can take it or leave it," he said.