idiom > equivocate
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Roundabout
  Explanation: Along the winding road. Metaphor to speak Raowan, not straightforward.
  Usage: Joint type; as predicate, adverbial, attributive; described is not straightforward
  Source: Yuan Qin Jian Fu, "East Hall and old": "beat around the bush, back to the Lee home may be the first."
  Examples: He often says things straight, never ~.
  Results: Lead water pipe irrigation
  Postscript: Lead water pipe irrigation
  Riddle: Do not go straight
No. 2
  (~ Child) ① walk along the winding road. ② metaphor to speak, to write the article is not straightforward.
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guǎi wān mò jiǎo
  Language Direct, said the inconvenience to metaphor, implied or right and proper that such expression of anti-
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No. 4
  She at first said that a lot of courtesy, and then obliquely that up, I finally slowly hear what she had come up
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No. 5
  Road bend to bend to the direction of change is very much used to describe the twists and turns with the line
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No. 6
  Road along the winding road. Also refers to enclosed areas twists and turns. Wei Gang Yan "treasure - treasure of people - Po things": "stay away, beating around the bush, uphill downhill, but also through a bamboo forest, they entered a courtyard." Lao She "family portrait" second act: "This courtyard of beating around the bush I have learned the geography. "
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No. 7
  Analogy is not simplistic to think, or speak not straightforward. Tao "Ni Huanzhi" 10: "I like to beat around the bush, but no firm power, which is the situation of a thing." Noble "Tao Song Warrior": "fighters with fighters ... ... no need to beat around the bush, said that those who make others feel mind vain words. "
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No. 8
  词 目 拐弯抹角
  发 音 guǎi wān mò jiǎo
  释 义 沿着弯弯曲曲的路走。比喻说话绕弯,不直截了当。
  出 处 元·秦简夫《东堂老》:“转弯抹角,可早来到李家门首。”
  用 法 联合式;作谓语、状语、定语;形容不直截了当
  示 例 他说话总是直来直去,从不~。
  近义词 转弯抹角
  反义词:直截了当、开门见山
成语词典
  成语名称 拐弯抹角 汉语拼音 guǎi wān mò jiǎo 成语释义 抹角:挨墙角绕过。沿着弯弯曲曲的路走。比喻说话绕弯,不直截了当。 成语出处 元·秦简夫《东堂老》第一折:“转变抹角,可早来到李家门首。” 使用例句 拐弯抹角,记的土地庙儿,照走过的小巷口,径上碧草轩来。
  ★清·李绿园《歧路灯》第八十八回
English Expression
  1. n.:  equivocate,  go ahead along a winding path,  beat about around the bush,  speak indirectly,  talk in a roundabout way
French Expression
  1. v.  prendre des virages et raser les coins, suivre une route sinueuse, prendre des circonlocutions, tourner autour du pot
Thesaurus
guiltless inside, scratch only the surface; be perfunctory; superficial, circuity, cannot stand the harassment, nuisance, etc., long and tedious, Cats and dogs, for the sake of ulterior ends, Bo and few to, hundred Differ Storage, Irrelevant, the words fail to convey the idea, The least bit miles, beat about the bush, reticence, speak at, Ambiguity The speech, Wink The speech, have seen not much and heard little scarcity, useless attempt as scratching an itch from outside one's boots, stutter, Bits of fragmented, Initiatives misconduct, Secret and not disclosed, Inexplicably, wordy, have an indistinct picture of, Or hidden, or are, adumbrate, equivocate, obscure anfractuosity, be an armchair strategist, Prevaricate, speak evasively, tortuosity, make an inane remark, Yannacizhi, Sang said that Huai, finger Mulberry Scold Ash, statement that expresses an idea, etc too weakly
Antonym
constancy unyielding, take a share of the spoils without participating personally in the robbery, long article, affording general satisfaction, Remarkable work Rose sentence, not to be subdued by force, rather die than submit, Inch iron murder, Monumental work Hong articles, eat the bread of idleness, graft, In the phrase, hit the mark with a single comment, hit the nail on the head, hit sb.on the raw, the public sentiment is satisfied, To a holding 10,000, have appeal, come straight to the point, sublime words with deep meaning, Outspoken, the point, hit the nail on the head, An aftertaste that lingers., Jietai delight, Flash in the pan, Ability to write Flower, when the headrope of a fishing net is pulled up,all its meshes open, satisfying in every respect, be outspoken in one's remarks, come from the shoulder, Words do not shoot without hitting the target, Less in simple, Made almost that much, be simple in language but profound in meaning, Yanjinyiyuan, integrated, Sharp sense of integrity, with sin cere words and earnest wishes, s nest, a masterpiece, Hong articles monumental work, tainted money, blunder out, Hearty, Masato deep To, To clear Masato, Anchamingfang, Compendia Qie collar, hit the (right) nail on the head, the hard-won possession of the people, Mingaominzhi, be most incisive and vivid, s Deli, The whole course of an event from beginning to end Phase along, Thorough investigation, Ming Zha make secret inquiries, Striking come out as an article, Needless to say, Bravo!&rdquo, clap hands for joy, the whole world or nation joins in the jubilation
Containing Phrases
not going straight to the pointto proceed along a zigzag roadindirectly
talk round [around]fish foraccost not going straight to the point