Learn English as a Second Language without Beating Around the Bush

Idiom for the Day

……beat around the bush..……

If you beat around the bush, you do not get straight to the point of your conversation or speech. Your boss might beat around the bush if you ask for a raise and he or she does not want to disappoint you, but the raise is beyond the budget. Your mother might beat around the bush is your ask to have friends over for a party. Anyone who does not answer a question directly is beating around the bush.

Example: My boss usually beats around the bush in our meetings.

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