directly or in a way that makes it very clear what you mean.

'Did he say we could stay with him?' 'Well, not in so many words, but that's definitely what he meant.' (usually negative)

He told me, in so many words, to mind my own business.

• a merchant of doom
• a mess of
• a mess of something
• a middle-aged spread
• a mile a minute
• a mile away
• a mile off
• a millstone around neck
• a millstone around your neck
• a mind of own
• a mind of your own
• a mine of information
• a miracle-worker
• a misery guts
• a miss is as good as a mile.
• a mixed bag
• a Monday morning quarterback
• a money-spinner
• a monkey on back
• a monkey on someone's back
• a monkey on your back
• a mother lode of
• a mother lode of something
• a mother's boy
• a mountain to climb