make no scruple
1make no scruple — ● scruple …
2make no bones — Have no scruple, make no scruple …
3Scruple — Scru ple, n. [L. scrupulus a small sharp or pointed stone, the twenty fourth part of an ounce, a scruple, uneasiness, doubt, dim. of scrupus a rough or sharp stone, anxiety, uneasiness; perh. akin to Gr. ? the chippings of stone, ? a razor, Skr.… …
4Scruple — • An unfounded apprehension and consequently unwarranted fear that something is a sin which, as a matter of fact, is not Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Scruple Scruple …
5make scruples about — To offer (no) moral objections to ● scruple …
6scruple — {{11}}scruple (n.) moral misgiving, pang of conscience, late 14c., from O.Fr. scrupule (14c.), from L. scrupulus uneasiness, anxiety, pricking of conscience, lit. small sharp stone, dim. of scrupus sharp stone or pebble, used figuratively by… …
7make bones — phrasal : to show hesitation, uncertainty, or scruple makes no bones about his dislike of his in laws how silly to make bones of trifles Virginia Woolf …
8scruple — Synonyms and related words: Pyrrhonism, ace, apprehension, atom, awake a doubt, back down, balance, balk, balk at, bashfulness, be diffident, be doubtful, be dubious, be skeptical, be uncertain, beef, better self, bit, bitch, blench, boggle,… …
9scruple — [[t]skru͟ːp(ə)l[/t]] scruples N VAR: usu pl Scruples are moral principles or beliefs that make you unwilling to do something that seems wrong. ...a man with no moral scruples …
10To make no bones — Bone Bone (b[=o]n; 110), n. [OE. bon, ban, AS. b[=a]n; akin to Icel. bein, Sw. ben, Dan. & D. been, G. bein bone, leg; cf. Icel. beinn straight.] 1. (Anat.) The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of vertebrate animals, consisting very largely …
