come out flat-footed

come out flat-footed
амер.; разг.
(come out flat-footed (for))
решительно высказаться (за); высказать правду прямо в глаза

Now don't go getting sore at me because I come out flat-footed like a friend and say what I think instead of talking behind your back, the way a whole lot of 'em do. (S. Lewis, ‘Babbitt’, ch. XXIX) — Брось ты на меня обижаться, я-то тебе правду говорю, как друг, прямо в глаза, а не сплетничаю за спиной, как другие.

...but I want to come out flatfooted and ask you boys to O. K. the proposition of a Symphony Orchestra for Zenith. (S. Lewis, ‘Babbitt’, ch. XXI) — ...но я пойду напролом и попрошу вас, друзья, одобрить приглашение симфонического оркестра в наш "Зенит"


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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