Straightforward and direct in speech or action.
形容说话做事爽快、干脆。
清·李汝珍《镜花缘》第六十五回紫芝妹妹嘴虽利害,好在心口如一,直截了当,倒是一个极爽快的。”
Instead of hinting, she was direct and told him straight out.
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