What does sin pelos en la lengua mean?

ExpressionColoquial

without mincing your words

Said of somebody who holds nothing back for fear of giving offence. In Spain it is usually half a compliment: the frankness is admired and the discomfort it causes is acknowledged in the same breath. It nearly always travels with no tener pelos en la lengua or with decir las cosas claras.

Mi abuela no tiene pelos en la lengua, te lo suelta todo.
Admiration, and a certain amount of bracing.

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