Beat About / Around the Bush
Avoiding the main topic of conversation, most often intentionally.
Speaking with circumlocutions, twisting it.
Etymology / Origin
The expression originates from bird hunting decades ago – unarmed people were hired to beat (beat) the bushes and create noise to drive out and flush out wildlife from them.
An idiom is a phrase whose meaning differs from the meaning of the words in it, considered each separately and by itself.
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