not to put too fine a point on it

短语
中文释义
英 /nɒt tʊ ˌpʊt tuː ˌfaɪn ə ˈpɔɪnt ɒn ɪt/    美 /nɑt tə ˌpʊt tu ˌfaɪn ə ˈpɔɪnt ɑn ət/

英文释义

短语
  1. Used to apologize for a possibly impolite statement one is making; to put it bluntly; to express it in plain terms. idiomatic
    — My little woman is at present in—not to put too fine a point on it—in a pious state, or in what she considers such, and attends the Evening Exertions (which is the name they go by) of a reverend party of the name of Chadband.

词源

A reference to the fact that the speaker is about to say something blunt rather than fine (that is, delicate or subtle).
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