2025年4月6日 星期日

straight-shooting, excruciating blunder/position. Apple gets caught in a trade-war nightmare



Not only will higher tariffs push up the company’s costs in America, its biggest market. Retaliation could clobber its sales in China, its second-biggest
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Her speech raises an obvious question about one of the main boasts of Mr Trump: his straight-shooting honesty


Melania Trump’s excruciating blunder
A speech straight from the Obamas

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A Zealous Watchman to Follow the Money

Earl E. Devaney, the straight-shooting inspector general for the Interior Department, is tasked with policing the spending of the $787 billion stimulus package.


The noun straight shooter has one meaning:
Meaning #1: a frank and honest person
Synonyms: square shooter, straight arrow

NOUN

informal, chiefly North American
An honest and forthright person:Candace is a plain talker and a straight shooter

Derivatives

straight-shooting

ADJECTIVE

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