straight shooter
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈstreɪt ˈʃuːtər/
- Informal
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persona honesta y directa
- Since you're the only straight shooter in that office, I'd like an answer from you.
- reputation as a straight shooter
- Straight shooter and honest
- always a straight shooter
And my sense is that Putin is a straight shooter.
- And my sense is that Putin is a straight shooter.
- So she's, you know, socially awkward, you could say, not a respecter of persons, but a straight shooter, as we often say.
- That was there last week, and he's always struck me as a straight shooter.
- I mean, there seems to be a compelling evidence that of the Clintons not being, they're certainly not straight shooters.
- He's a really straight shooter, hard worker, fucking funny as shit.
- They're trying to get a reputation for themselves as a hater of iniquity or evil, as being, you know, a straight shooter, a real critic.
- And I'm telling you, it is a straight shooter.
- And also, and I, I can't believe I'm saying this truth telling like straight shooter generals back in the Obama administration.
Examples
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These are very good people who are typically highly educated, bright, good leaders, and straight shooters.
Blog text (18) -
You're a real straight shooter.
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Maybe that was a test to see if you were a straight shooter.
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The guy I bought it from seemed like a real straight shooter.
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If you wanna court the little lady, you gotta be a straight shooter.
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Straight talk from a straight shooter.
Blog text (14) -
I have always thought that you were a straight shooter with a lot of knowledge to back up your thoughts.
Blog text (30) -
You know I'm a straight shooter.
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I'm a fair person, a straight shooter, and I don't hold my tongue.
Fiction book (2000) -
She appreciated his honesty because he was a straight shooter who never sugarcoated the truth.
Synonyms
2
5.9
A person who always tells the truth and follows moral rules
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3.8
A person who never lies, even when it is hard
A person who is honest and tells the truth
Antonyms
How Honest
Surface Forms
Morphology
straight + shooter
The adjective 'straight' directly signals frankness/honesty, so a learner who knows that sense could reasonably infer the phrase refers to a person who is direct. However, 'shooter' is literally someone who shoots and requires a metaphorical mapping to a person who 'says things straight', so the relation is partially predictable but not fully transparent to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Straight shooter probably comes from shooting: a shooter who fires a straight shot hits the target cleanly, without tricks. So the image of aiming straight came to mean someone who speaks and acts directly and honestly, which is why people call an honest person a 'straight shooter' today.