shoot from the lip

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To speak confidently and unhesitantly but without careful forethought or a reliable knowledge of important facts pertaining to the subject matter. idiomatic
    — [A] pair of suburban slickers […] made the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour the most popular new TV show of the season. They did it by shooting from the lip, dauntlessly laying down a crossfire of patter that is often more fizzle than sizzle.

词形变化

shoots from the lip present,singular,third-person shooting from the lip participle,present shot from the lip participle,past shot from the lip past

词源

Humorous variant of shoot from the hip.
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