| 词组 | pull no punches |
| 释义 | Idiom pull no punches to deal with something honestly without hiding anything.One congressional leader pulled no punches, saying “we have a recession.”The 20-minute training video pulls no punches, showing chilling pictures of accident victims. Usage notes: often used in the form not pull any punches: The television network isn't pulling any punches with the subject matter on its new show. Opposite of: pull (your/its) punchespull no punchesTo act without restraint or limitations; to not soften one's words or actions. Everyone around here is so afraid to be honest with me because I'm the boss, but I need you to pull no punches—what exactly do you think is wrong with the company? pull no punchesBehave unrestrainedly, hold nothing back, as in The doctor pulled no punches but told us the whole truth. This expression comes from boxing, where to pull one's punches means "to hit less hard than one can." This idiom, too, has been applied more generally, as in They decided to pull their punches during these delicate negotiations. [First half of 1900s] pull no punches, toTo be perfectly blunt; to act without restraint. The term comes from boxing, where to pull a punch means to deliver a blow that is intentionally ineffective, that is, to hold back deliberately. In the 1930s it was being transferred to other activities, as in Harold L. Ickes’s Secret Diary (1937): “He talked about the judiciary and he didn’t pull his punches at any time.” |
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