from the hip
Straight, no filter
From the hip describes action taken quickly and instinctively, without careful aim or deliberation.
The phrase comes from shooting a gun without raising it to eye level—fast but less accurate.
Someone who speaks from the hip says what they think without filtering.
A from-the-hip response is immediate and unrehearsed, sometimes admirably direct, sometimes recklessly blunt.
- candorUnguarded truthfulness
- tell it like it isSpeak with complete candor
- bluntnessFrank, unvarnished manner
- gut reactionsVisceral first impressions
- gut feelingInstinctive sense about something
frankness · no filter · improvisation · instinct · directness · straight shooter · rashness · off-the-cuff · honesty · snap judgments · immediacy · spur of the moment · quickness · unrehearsed · reflex · unpreparedness · intuition · haste
from the hiprehearsed
Prepared by repetition
scripted · prepared · premeditated · calculated · by the book
from the hipdiplomatic
Tactful and sensitive
tactful · guarded · measured · circumspect · politic
from the hipdeliberate
Consciously chosen, not accidental
considered · analytical · reasoned · thought-out · systematic