beat around the bush

beat around the bush

to avoid answering a question or speaking about something important

„Stop beating around the bush and just tell me what you want.“

beat around the bush = chodit kolem horké kaše

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Previous idioms:

call it a night

go by the book/do sth by the book

in (one’s) heyday

miss the boat

not have all day

once in a blue moon

pull somebody’s leg

talk through one’s hat

(run) out of steam

spend like a sailor

stop at nothing