to talk with a hidden message; to hint at something [colloquial]
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
語句、俚語
形容説話字面上無特別意思,但係實際上係侮辱、諷刺緊人 barbed words; ironic speech; to speak sarcasm
佢成日講嘢有骨。話我夠直,其實話我講嘢唔經大腦。
佢成日讲嘢有骨。话我够直,其实话我讲嘢唔经大脑。
keoi5 sing4 jat6 gong2 je5 jau5 gwat1. waa6 ngo5 gau3 zik6, kei4 sat6 waa6 ngo5 gong2 je5 m4 ging1 daai6 nou5. He always talks with barbed words. He praised me for mincing no words, but was in fact saying that I speak off the cuff.