What does around the bush mean?

What does around the bush mean?

to avoid giving a definite answer or position. Please stop beating around the bush and tell me the full story.

Why do we say beat around the bush?

People tend to ‘beat about the bush’ when trying to avoid talking about an embarrassing or difficult topic. This idiom came about through bird hunting when participants used to beat bushes to stir the birds from them while others caught them in nets.

What does running around the bush mean?

to talk about lots of unimportant things because you want to avoid talking about what is really important: Quit beating around the bush and say what’s on your mind.

What’s another way to say beating around the bush?

In this page you can discover 5 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for beat-around-the-bush, like: prevaricate, equivocate, tergiversate, circumlocute and palter.

How do you use best of both worlds in a sentence?

a situation in which you can enjoy the advantages of two very different things at the same time: She works in the city and lives in the country, so she gets the best of both worlds.

What is the meaning of the idiom to run out of steam?

phrase. If you run out of steam, you stop doing something because you have no more energy or enthusiasm left. [informal]

What is the meaning of the idiom best of both worlds?

Definition of the best of both worlds : all the advantages of two different situations and none of the disadvantages I have the best of both worlds—a wonderful family and a great job.

How do you use beat around the bush in a sentence?

Example Sentences

1. Will you please stop beating about the bush and get to the point?
2. When I asked George whether he knew who had taken the files from my desk, he started beating around the bush and refused to give me a direct answer.
3. Don’t beat around the bush and tell me frankly what you think of my proposition.