出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第298页（254字）
比喻做事不干脆，说话、写文章不简洁，例老张为人爽快，做事干脆，绝不拖泥带水。
Our friend Zhang is a straight forward person and whatever he does is done in a brisk way．No one can accuse him of being either sloppy or slovenly in work or speech．