Did you know…?
… we started ‘beating around the bush’ back in 1500s.
Hunters used to hire people called beaters to drive small animals out of the
bushes so that the hunters could get a better shot at them. So the beaters used long sticks beating around
the bush, rather than directly into it.
Today it means talking about things in a roundabout way
without giving clear answer or coming to the point.
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