phrase
bez dlake na jeziku
bluntly, without mincing words (literally ‘no hair on the tongue’)
напрямик, без обиняков, начистоту (буквально «без волоска на языке»)
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 and sayingsIn phrasebooks
Next to it in the phrasebook
- ni pȇt ni šȇstwithout a second thought, without further ado, on the spot
- ìći nȅkome na žívceto get on someone’s nerves, to annoy
- prȁviti od mȕve slònato make a mountain out of a molehill, to blow things out of proportion
- ne pȁdā mi na pȁmētI wouldn’t dream of it, no 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, to be snowed under (with work)
- bòlī me ȕvoI couldn’t care less, I don’t give a damn (literally ‘my ear hurts’)
- vúći nȅkoga za nȏsto string someone along, to lead someone up the garden path
- dȉći rȗke od nȅčegato give up on something, to throw in the towel
- razbíjati glávuto rack one’s brains