pull your punches
成語所屬單字pull
pull your punches — 慣用語
1. To express criticism less strongly than you could, to avoid upsetting someone.
1.慣用語
釋義
手下留情
To express criticism less strongly than you could, to avoid upsetting someone.
例句
The reviewer didn't pull any punches in her critique.
He pulled his punches when telling her about the mistake.