talk straight

He was too upset to talk straight after Ivan's death but eventually he called us from his courtyard, sitting with his back against his tractor.

He said he and Lecornu had immediately got along as both preferred to talk straight and tackle issues openly, which helped to solve problems much faster "than if you spend a lot of time beating around the bush".

Investors usually prefer to talk straight to company heads rather than to the government, said the source, who is now a political consultant and asked not to be named.

Those conversations extended all the way to the Middle East, where Uriya Rosenman and Sameh Zakout repurposed the concept as “Let’s Talk Straight.”

It’s been very disappointing, let’s talk straight.