No tener pelos en la lengua

Meaning: To speak very bluntly and honestly.

Language: Spanish

Literally: To have no hairs on the tongue

Category: Body & Senses

Origin: Spanish Golden Age expression, 16th-17th century.

More idioms — Body & Senses

• Tomar el pelo — To pull someone's leg; to tease.
• Avere le braccine corte — To be stingy; to never reach for the check.
• Empurrar com a barriga — To procrastinate; to keep delaying something.
• Τρώω τα νύχια μου — I'm extremely anxious and impatient.
• Casser les pieds à quelqu'un — To annoy or bore someone greatly.
• Avoir un poil dans la main — To be extremely lazy.

More Spanish idioms

• Ser pan comido — To be extremely easy.
• Dar calabazas — To reject someone romantically.
• Estar como una cabra — To be completely crazy.
• Tirar la casa por la ventana — To spare no expense; to go all out.
• Meter la pata — To make a blunder or put your foot in it.
• Ponerse las botas — To stuff yourself with food or to profit greatly.

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