直截了当

直截了当 [zhí jié liǎo dàng]

1. ■ say without mincing words; ask a person plump; blunt; come straight to the point; directly and candidly; flat and plain; in a forthright manner; in explicit terms; in no uncertain terms; (speak) in straight forward terms; pointblank; put the matter bluntly; say point-blank; simple and direct; state explicitly; straightforward:

直截了当的回答 a point-blank answer;

直截了当地拒绝 flatly reject