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mince matters
verb
Synonym of mince words
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But he firmly believed that "Lord of the Flies" grew out of the knowledge of his own cruelty: "I have always understood the Nazis", he wrote, "because I am of that sort by nature".Mr Carey's biography doesn't mince matters.
It shone the spotlight on two – not to mince matters – minor characters, and quite knocked spots off the stars, Rob "The Rat" Tichener and Helen "What do you mean you are going back to your wife?" Archer.
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I suspect that hyperbole is a bit of a joke on her part, but these vitriolic missives are also rather refreshing, especially when compared to how we often mince around matters of taste; say the expected things in polite company; or are cowed into praising what we don't like.
"The Real Dr. Evil" doesn't mince words on nuclear matters, either, even while showing camp clips of "Runaway," the goofball action film on which Mr. Kim served as executive producer.
He is hard on many who are considered in some quarters to be heroes, or victims for that matter, mincing no words.
Movie star Jackson has this earnest, honest way of getting to the heart of a matter, without mincing his words.
Veteran football writer, The Australian's Ray Gatt has not minced his words on the matter.
Mince pie.
Mince garlic.
"Tinned mince!
Dad called it "mincing the mince".
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