make no bones about it

Example Sentences

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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

Femi Odenekan, defending, told magistrates: "It was offensive, I make no bones about it, the defendant accepts that."

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2012

“He don’t make no bones about it; he gets something on you and then he grafts on you till you’re dry.”

From The Snow-Burner by Oyen, Henry