en beat about bush

An English term in ConceptNet 5.8

Sources: CC-CEDICT 2017-10, German Wiktionary, English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary, and Open Multilingual WordNet
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Synonyms

  • de um den heissen brei herumreden ➜
  • en periphrase (v) ➜
  • fr tourner autour du pot (v) ➜
  • zh 兜圈子 ➜
  • zh 拐弯抹角 ➜
  • zh 拐彎抹角 ➜
  • zh 繞圈子 ➜
  • zh 繞彎子 ➜
  • zh 繞彎子兒 ➜
  • zh 繞脖子 ➜
  • zh 繞騰 ➜
  • zh 绕圈子 ➜
  • zh 绕弯子 ➜
  • zh 绕弯子儿 ➜
  • zh 绕脖子 ➜
  • zh 绕腾 ➜
  • zh 轉圈 ➜
  • zh 轉腰子 ➜
  • zh 转圈 ➜
  • zh 转腰子 ➜

Related terms

  • fr tourner autour du pot ➜
  • en beaten about bush (v) ➜
  • en beating about bush (v) ➜
  • en beats about bush (v) ➜
  • hu magyarul (r) ➜
  • vi quanh co (a) ➜
  • zh 繞彎子 (v) ➜
  • zh 轉圈 (v) ➜

Root words

  • en beat around bush (v) ➜
  • en beat around bush ➜

Word forms

  • en beat around bush ➜

Derived from

  • en bush (n) ➜

Links to other resources

  • wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu 400520046-P
  • en.wiktionary.org beat about the bush
  • fr.wiktionary.org beat about the bush
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