Definition of "straight-from-the-shoulder" []

• Informal Frank and forthright: straight-from-the-shoulder reporting. (adjective)

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• "They were straight-from-the-shoulder remarks, or, as he called them, they were "brass tacks.""
• "Ellis Ave., Chicago ($45-$65), 773-753-4472 extended through July 3 Nowadays most people think of "Porgy and Bess" as an opera, but it began life on Broadway, and there's a strong case to be made for performing the American "Carmen" (which is what "Porgy" is) not as a big-house opera but as a straight-from-the-shoulder music drama (which is what "Carmen" is)."
• "Olbermann has in the past come out with some astonishing, straight-from-the-shoulder critiques of, first, the Bush administration and more recently the actions of the Obama administration."