英语词汇“beat about the bush”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

beat about the bush

Discuss a matter without coming to the point: he never beat about the bush when something was annoying him...

So, without any further beating about the bush, I present this week's question.
But then everybody must stop beating about the bush and tell it like it is.
‘I don't think we ought to beat about the bush,’ he joked.

Synonyms

prevaricate, vacillate, evade/dodge the issue, be non-committal, hedge, hedge one's bets, quibble, parry questions, fudge the issue, mince one's words, stall, shilly-shally, hesitate;

British hum and haw

informal pussyfoot around, waffle, flannel, sit on the fence, duck the question

rare tergiversate

See parent entry: beat

单词	beat about the bush
释义	beat about the bush Discuss a matter without coming to the point: he never beat about the bush when something was annoying him... So, without any further beating about the bush, I present this week's question. But then everybody must stop beating about the bush and tell it like it is. ‘I don't think we ought to beat about the bush,’ he joked. Synonyms prevaricate, vacillate, evade/dodge the issue, be non-committal, hedge, hedge one's bets, quibble, parry questions, fudge the issue, mince one's words, stall, shilly-shally, hesitate; British hum and haw informal pussyfoot around, waffle, flannel, sit on the fence, duck the question rare tergiversate See parent entry: beat
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