make no bones about it
Example Sentences
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"Let's make no bones about it, before Covid our workforce was fragile in regards to our vacancies and our ability to recruit and retain in the north east", Prof Hiscox said.
From BBC • Jul. 21, 2021
They are unabashedly putting everything your mouth loves into one hot lump — and they make no bones about it.
From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2017
I have never had any maternal instincts and make no bones about it.
From Slate • Feb. 22, 2016
But make no bones about it, so far this has been a bizarre American century.
From Salon • Nov. 1, 2015
When Valerie French had discovered that her jealousy of her lover was utterly baseless, she had had the sense to make no bones about it, but to strike her colours at once.
From Anthony Lyveden by Yates, Dornford
