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not waste words
idiom
If someone does not waste words, they talk only about what is important using as few words as possible: 惜字如金;不多费口舌
He explained the whole system in about 30 seconds - he doesn't waste words, does he?他只用了大约30秒来解释整个系统——真是惜字如金，对不对？
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
not speaking much or often
quietShe's a quiet little thing.
taciturnHer father was a shy, taciturn man.
abruptHe is criticised for being too abrupt with his clients.
curtShe was very curt with him.
terseI don't appreciate how terse she is in meetings.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Not saying much
a few well-chosen wordsidiom
abruptly
abruptness
boo
briefly
cat
concisely
conciseness
crisp
gnomic
incommunicative
laconic
laconically
monosyllabic
monosyllabically
pithily
quietly
quietness
taciturn
well chosen
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