straight form the shoulder(Okay,I'll give it to you straight from the shoulder. Right straight from the shoulder: clean out your desk; you're through. Olgert)
before one's very eyes(We are learning to cultivate an indifference in ourselves to the injustice that is clearly happening before our very eyes: it simply doesn’t affect us, and maybe it won’t at all, if we just don’t play with fire. theguardian.com4uzhoj)