Beating about the bush?

Nga · #1 (permalink) Wed Nov 10, 2004 4:03 am *Beating about the bush?*

Test No. incompl/inter-15 "Popular Idioms (2) Garden", question 9

Come to the point and stop beating about the ..........

(a) tree
(b) flower
(c) hedge
(d) bush

Test No. incompl/inter-15 "Popular Idioms (2) Garden", answer 9

Come to the point and stop beating about the bush.

Correct answer: (d) bush

Your answer was: incorrect
Come to the point and stop beating about the flower.
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Don't understand, please explain.

Torsten · #2 (permalink) Wed Nov 10, 2004 7:59 am *Beating about the bush*

If you beat about (or around) the bush you don't want to get to the point of an issue, you don't want to say what the actual problem is.
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