英和和英

動詞

beat about the bush (三人称単数 現在形 beats about the bush, 現在分詞 beating about the bush, 過去形 beat about the bush, 過去分詞 beaten about the bush)

1. Alternative form of beat around the bush
   • 1910 November, Jack London, Theft: A Play in Four Acts, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., OCLC 3460545, Act II, page 107:

     There is no use beating about the bush with a man like you. I know that. You are direct, and so am I. You know my position well enough to be assured that I am empowered to treat with you.

   • 2020 July 15, Mike Brown talks to Paul Clifton, “Leading London's "hidden heroes"”, in Rail, page 42:

     "Meanwhile, we are sitting here starving. Let's not beat about the bush - we are absolutely living hand to mouth now on TfL.

参照

• “beat about the bush”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.