to beat the bush: (literal) in bat-fowling, to rouse the birds that they may fly into the net held by some one else; (figurative) to expend labour…
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| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > be copious [verb (intransitive)] > use periphrasis (7) to beat (formerly also go, wend, seek) about the bushc1440 to beat the bush: (literal) in bat-fowling, to rouse the birds that they may fly into the net held by some one else; (figurative) to expend labour… wind1528 intransitive (also †reflexive, and with it.) To pursue a devious, circuitous, or intricate course in argument, statement, or conduct; (†esp. with… periphrase1652 intransitive. To use circumlocution; to speak or write periphrastically. to go about1815 intransitive. To use circumlocution. Obsolete. rare. circumlocute1859 intransitive. To use circumlocution. (humorous.) circumlocutionize1886 transitive and intransitive. To speak of, or to speak, in circumlocution. to go (all) round the houses1958 to go (all) round the houses (British colloquial): to take an unnecessarily circuitous route to one's destination; (figurative) to get to the point… |
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