Select the alternative that best expresses the meaning of the given idiom/phrase

Select the alternative that best expresses the meaning of the given idiom/phrase.

Straight from the shoulders

A.            Candidly

B.            Hesitantly

C.            Indirectly

D.            Circumlocution

Sol:

Idiom ‘straight from the shoulders’ means saying something ‘candidly or directly’ without any excuses or circumlocution, eg; the woman told me straight from the shoulder that she did not like my behavior.