[H]e would speak his mind, and lecture her all the same as if she were a little girl.
It was seldom that Mrs. Ladybug hesitated to speak her mind right out to a person if she happened to disapprove of him.
Rudy Giuliani . . . spoke his mind and did not suffer fools even a tiny bit—but then, creative incivility is part of the job description for a successful mayor of New York.