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English
Alternative forms
beat about the bush

Verb
to beat around the bush

1. idiom To treat a topic but omit its main points, often intentionally.
2. idiom To delay or avoid talking about something difficult or unpleasant.

#:Please stop beating around the bush and tell me what the problem is!

Translations

Chinese:
:Simplified Chinese: �弯���说
:Traditional Chinese: �����說
:Pinyin: guanwan majiaodishui
Dutch: rond de pot draaien
Finnish: kiertää|kiertää kuin kissa kuumaa puuroa
French: tourner autour du pot
German: um den hei�en Brei herum reden
Icelandic: tala í kringum
Italian: menare il can per l'aia
Japanese:
:Kanji: ���触���������
:Hiragana: ���������������
:Romaji: y�ten ni furenai deirinasai
mid
Korean:
:Hangul: �죽� �리���
:Romaja: byeonjugeul ullisipsiyo
Portuguese: Pare de enrolar
Polish: kluczy�, owija� w bawe�n�
Russian: �оди�� вок��г да около ("walk round and about"), ��н��� ��зин� ("pull rubber")
Spanish: andarse por las ramas, darle vueltas al asunto
Armenian:
:Armenian: Õ¯ÕµÕ¡Õ¶Ö�Õ¨ ÕºÕ¡Õ¿Õ´Õ¥Õ¬, Õ»Õ¸Ö�Ö� Õ®Õ¥Õ®Õ¥Õ¬
:Roman: kyanqe patmel

See also
bush
circumlocution

fr:beat around the bush

• 2007-12-06 16:37 - Vin - /* Translations */

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