Beat Around the Bush (A popular English Idiom) | Learn American English in 1 Minute a Day

Beat around the bush is a common English idiom. Watch the video to find out all the details you need to know about it. Beat around the bush meaning: Avoid talking about something important, or not getting to the main point directly. Beat around the bush origin: From the early 1400s. Rich people used to hire people to beat the bushes when they went hunting to scare the birds out of them so that they could shoot them. Beat around the bush examples: "Let's not beat around the bush—the blame lies with Logan for this problem." "I hate that my boss always beats around the bush which makes meetings take way longer than they need to." ----------------------------------------------- Check out another popular idiom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpyThd7z2FM ---------------------------------------------- Want to find out more? Check out: https://eslspeaking.org/american-english-idioms/ The Big Book of American Idioms: https://amzn.to/3o6YxZi https://www.facebook.com/eslspeaking https://www.pinterest.ca/eslspeaking/ #learningenglishwithjackie #idiom #englishidioms #idioms #learnenglish ------------------------------------------- Learn English here: https://eslspeaking.org/category/learn-english/ -------------------------------------------- More idioms from @English with Max https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gt7iJL5dBso ------------------------------------------- Transcript for beat around the bush idiom: Hi everybody, it's Jackie from eslspeaking.org. Today's idiom is, "Beat around the bush." Beat around the bush. It's from the 1400s when rich people who would go hunting, would hire poor people to beat or hit the bushes so that birds could fly out and they could shoot the birds if they were hunting. It means someone who's just talking, talking, talking but not really coming to the main point. Or, it's taking a long time for someone to say what they actually mean. So for example, if your son is talking, talking, talking. You could say, "Hey, stop beating around the bush. Tell me what you want." Or, maybe you have a coworker who always just talks, talks, talks about nothing. You could say, "He always beats around the bush." He doesn't say his main point quickly.