hip-shooter
hip-shooter
Someone who speaks or acts rashly, recklessly, or bluntly, without consideration of potential consequences. An allusion to firing a handgun immediately upon drawing it from its holster without taking time to aim. The country's prime minister has gained a reputation as a hip-shooter, issuing executive orders without consulting members of parliament. The boss tends to be a hip-shooter, so don't take what he says too personally.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
hip-shooter
n. someone who talks without thinking; someone who speaks very frankly. (see also shoot from the hip.) He’s just a loudmouthed hip-shooter. Pay no attention.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- fire from the hip
- shoot from the hip
- Earth to (someone)
- earth to someone
- like a bull at a gate
- baton
- hand on the baton
- get in/into one's hair, to
- fight (someone or something) hammer and tongs
- fight hammer and tongs