Beat around the bush

Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 4
Meaning

To avoid coming to the main point

हिंदी अर्थ

बात को घुमा-फिराकर कहना

Example sentences

He beat around the bush for fifteen minutes and said one thing.

To beat around the bush wastes the listener's time.

Daily use: Beat around the bush mat karo.

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शिकार में कुछ लोग झाड़ियाँ पीटकर बस पक्षी उड़ाते थे, ख़ुद शिकार नहीं करते थे — असली काम के आसपास घूमते रहते। Beat around the bush = मुद्दे पर न आना।

In a hunt, some men beat the bushes only to drive the birds out; they never shoot the bird themselves. They stay around the real business but never touch it. To beat around the bush is to avoid coming to the main point.

Exam note

इसका meaning है टालमटोल करना। Synonym है prevaricate (गोलमोल कहना); opposite में 'come to the point' (सीधे कहना) और terseness (संक्षिप्तता) आते हैं।

It means to avoid the main point. Prevaricate (to speak evasively) is the synonym; 'come to the point' and terseness (brevity) are the opposites.

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