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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Whats a super straight shooter?

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago

Straight shooter is an idiom meaning honest and straightforward or direct. Super is acting as an intensifier. Combined it means they are extremely honest and direct.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

Someone who doesn't lie to protect other people's feelings - AKA they don't "sugarcoat" things.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I thought in the discipline of shooting they were the best, they could shoot very straight. Hence they don't miss if they would ... shoot