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1. Someone who speaks indirectly and bowdlerizes. One who beats around the bush. > The opposite of a "mealy mouth" is a "smash mouth", someone who "tells it like it is". Source: ecdict

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mouth someone mealy around beats bowdlerizes bush indirectly like opposite smash speaks tells

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