"mezzi termini" meaning in Italian

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          "english": "When asked once what sort of out-of-town conferences were OK for administration officials to attend, his response was short and to the point: \"If it sounds fun, you can't go.\"\n(literally, “When once they asked him in which out-of-the-city meetings administration officials could participate, he responded without mincing his words: \"If it is something potentially fun, you can't go there.\"”)",
          "ref": "2020, Barack Obama, chapter 22, in Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri",
          "text": "Quando una volta gli chiesero a quali convegni fuori città potessero partecipare i funzionari dell'amministrazione, rispose senza mezzi termini: «Se è qualcosa di potenzialmente divertente, non ci potete andare».",
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        "cautious, reticent, or evasive expressions; mincing of words"
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        {
          "word": "senza mezze parole"
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  "word": "mezzi termini"
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "english": "When asked once what sort of out-of-town conferences were OK for administration officials to attend, his response was short and to the point: \"If it sounds fun, you can't go.\"\n(literally, “When once they asked him in which out-of-the-city meetings administration officials could participate, he responded without mincing his words: \"If it is something potentially fun, you can't go there.\"”)",
          "ref": "2020, Barack Obama, chapter 22, in Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri",
          "text": "Quando una volta gli chiesero a quali convegni fuori città potessero partecipare i funzionari dell'amministrazione, rispose senza mezzi termini: «Se è qualcosa di potenzialmente divertente, non ci potete andare».",
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