beat around the bush

Etymology
From the older form, replacing the preposition.

Verb

 * 1)  To treat a topic, but omit its main points, often intentionally.
 * 2)  To delay or avoid talking about something difficult or unpleasant.

Translations

 * Armenian: ,
 * Catalan: marejar la perdiu
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Dutch:, om de hete brij dansen
 * Esperanto: ĉirkaŭparoli
 * Finnish:, , puhua ummet ja lammet
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Italian: menare il can per l'aia, girarci intorno,, fare giri di parole, andare per le spicce
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: بڕۆ سەر ئەصلی بابەت
 * Luxembourgish: ronderëm de Bräi schwätzen
 * Maltese: dur mal-lewża
 * Maori: tītahataha
 * Norwegian: gå som katten rundt den varme grøten
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, , ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:, obilaziti kao mačak oko vruće kaše
 * Spanish: andarse con rodeos, andar con ambages
 * Swedish: gå som katten kring gröten
 * Tagalog: pasikut-sikot roundabout, magpaligoy-ligoy, lumigoy-ligoy
 * Thai: ,


 * Armenian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 轉彎抹角, 遊花園
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: chodit kolem horké kaše
 * Dutch:, om de hete brij dansen
 * Esperanto: ĉirkaŭparoli
 * Finnish: kiertää kuin kissa kuumaa puuroa,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: tala í kringum,
 * Italian: menare il can per l'aia
 * Maltese: dur mal-lewża
 * Maori: tītahataha
 * Norwegian: gå som katten rundt den varme grøten
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian:, тяну́ть рязи́ну,
 * Spanish: ir por los cerros de Úbeda, andarse por las ramas
 * Swedish: gå som katten kring het gröt
 * Tagalog: pasikut-sikot
 * Thai: ,
 * Turkish: lafı dolandırmak
 * Vietnamese:


 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: