Beat around the bush is a common English idiom. Watch the video to find out all the details you need to know about it.
Beat around the bush meaning: Avoid talking about something important, or not getting to the main point directly.
Beat around the bush origin: From the early 1400s. Rich people used to hire people to beat the bushes when they went hunting to scare the birds out of them so that they could shoot them.
Beat around the bush examples:
"Let's not beat around the bush—the blame lies with Logan for this problem."
"I hate that my boss always beats around the bush which makes meetings take way longer than they need to."
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