make no bones
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Single-stock ETF managers make no bones about the risks, emphasizing that they aren’t meant for long-term investors but rather active traders.
From Barron's ● Dec. 10, 2025
"These are major problems that can’t be fixed overnight. I make no bones about that, and there’s no point pretending otherwise. Meaningful change is not easy to deliver."
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2024
Curators Anne-Lise Desmas at the Getty and Emerson Bowyer at the Art Institute of Chicago, where the show was seen last fall, make no bones about articulating the sculptor’s very real travails.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2024
“I make no bones about having the pleasure to actually come and cheer on Team USA,” Blinken said during a news conference, when asked by reporters how he justified the trip.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 22, 2022
But th’ way it is we’re sore, an’ we make no bones about sayin’ so.
From The Boss of Wind River by A. M. (Arthur Murray) Chisholm
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