Straight from the shoulder
Posted by David FG on January 25, 2010 at 15:16
In Reply to: Straight from the shoulder posted by Mike on January 25, 2010 at 14:16:
: Watching a 1930's movie, and a gentleman described a conversation he had with a local political official as " I had to speak to him straight from the shoulder". I assumed this ment "straight talk", but what is the reference to the shoulder?
The reference, I think, is to a punch coming 'straight from the shoulder' - that is, with the maximum force; with all the deliverer's strength.
DFG