VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Not Mince Words

Meaning:

Moderate or weaken a statement

Examples:

  • Let's not mince words, I don't care what you call it here.
  • Let's not mince words, I don't care what you call it here.
  • Let's not mince words.
  • Let's not mince words.
  • OK, let me not mince words. It was a fierce battle.
  • In Agenda 2000, the Commission does not mince words in denouncing the behaviour of Slovakia.
  • The text does not mince words.
  • Now, I don't want you to feel like you're human shields, but... let's not mince words.
  • Let's not mince words, just get him.
  • Security Council reform is—I will not mince words—as far away today as it ever was.