An Irish idiom meaning to speak plainly and without softening the message — to say something directly without biting your tongue or holding back. The phrase is typically used as a preface before delivering a blunt assessment: 'not to put a tooth in it, your plan is terrible.'
Not to put a tooth in it, she said, the whole scheme was a disaster from the start.
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(Ireland) To speak plainly and directly.
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