| 单词 | straight shooter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstraight shooter straight shooter n. slang (chiefly U.S.) an honest person (cf. square-shooter n. at square adj. Compounds 3a). ΚΠ 1928 S. Lewis Man who knew Coolidge ii. 155 ‘I'll make the law and you furnish my fee,’ he used to say—but laughingly, of course, because he was a real square straight-shooter. 1969 G. M. Brown Time to Keep 176 ‘He's the decentest skipper ever I sailed with... Strict, but fair in his dealings.’ ‘A straight shooter.’ 1978 M. Puzo Fools Die xxxiii. 376 She came from a place where the people were straight shooters. < as lemmas |
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