直率地说 talk turkey
in plain English
- 直率地说,事实看起来并不好。
It doesn't look good, frankly. - 当安报名参加选美赛时,她的小弟弟直率地说她简直是疯了。
When Ann entered the beauty contest, her little brother told her straight out that she was crazy. - 直率地说,詹姆斯做了很多工作,但有人仍然得跟在他后面补课。
Broadly speaking James does adequate work, but somebody else still has to follow behind him to dot the i's and cross the t's .