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not pull any punches 

To speak truthfully, without brown nosing or without being patronizing or without being sensitive and kind.
Susan did not pull any punches when she told Bobby what she thought of him running over her brother in the living room when Bobby was drunk and high on drugs and put the car in drive instead of reverse.

Yea, she tends to use a sledge hammer and nail to driver her point in.

I guess she figures it will stick to him that way.

roll with the punches

when things dont go your way and you adapt to the changes and keep moving ahead instead of flipin out
Nothing ever goes my way so i just roll with the punches
roll with the punches by Mello Man December 2, 2004

roll with the punches

Copeing with and withstanding adversity by being flexible.

go with the flow
He didn't feel like fighting about the toy so he decided to roll with the punches.

eating punches

To take an attack or a series of attacks without appearing to have taken any real damage from it.
Yo,in Star Trek Into Darkness Khan was straight up eating punches from Captain Kirk didn't phase him at all(see what I did there)

rolling with the punches 

adjusting to difficult events as they happen.
"she never used to be like that." said Martha
"am I the only one 'rolling with the punches', I like her." replied lilly

IP Man Punches 

A series of 10 or more straight punches to the body in quick succession with alternating hands.
1. Look at how fast that guy's IP Man punches are.
IP Man Punches by Donnieyen July 8, 2012