English

Verb

make no bones about

1. (idiomatic) To see no difficulty in, have no objection to.
   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 12

     I was prepared to be persuasive, touching, and hortatory, admonitory and expostulating, if need be vituperative even, indignant and sarcastic; but what the devil does a mentor do when the sinner makes no bones about confessing his sin?

2. (idiomatic) To say something clearly and without hesitation, although it may be unpleasant.