phrase
bez dlake na jeziku
bluntly, without mincing words (lit. «without a hair on the tongue»)
напрямик, без обиняков, резать правду-матку (букв. «без волоска на языке» — в русском образа нет)
With stress
bez dlȁke na jezìku
In Cyrillic
без длаке на језику
Examples from the lessons
Pa reci mu otvoreno da rok nije realan, bez dlake na jeziku.
Так скажи ему прямо, без обиняков, что срок нереальный.
Idioms & phraseologyIn phrasebooks
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- ne pȁdā mi na pȁmētno way, it wouldn't even occur to me
- prȁviti se lȗdto play dumb, pretend not to understand
- ìmati pȕne rȗke pòslato have one's hands full
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- vúći nȅkoga za nȏsto lead someone by the nose, to string someone along
- dȉći rȗke od nȅčegato give up on something
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