Betekenis van:
beat around the bush

to beat around the bush
Werkwoord
  • dubieus handel drijven
  • be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information

Synoniemen

Hyperoniemen

to beat around the bush
Werkwoord
  • uitvluchten, leugens vertellen
  • be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information

Synoniemen

Hyperoniemen


Voorbeeldzinnen

  1. Let's not beat around the bush! I'm pregnant, and you're the baby's father.
  2. Do not beat around the bush; we have a problem, don't we?
  3. "... in other words, sex!?" "Geez, you don't beat around the bush!"