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houwenwen
 
Reply Tue 30 May, 2006 01:33 am
what's the meaning : beat about the bush
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Reply Tue 30 May, 2006 08:28 am
Beat about the bush (or beat around the bush) means someone who does not wish to discuss a subject, so they speak about related things, but not about the subject itself.

"I asked how the car had been dented, but he beat about the bush and only talked about how bad traffic was, and the problems he had with the transmission."
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