1.
beat about the bush
绕弯子说话，转弯抹角地说话
2.
abrupt and often disconcertingly frank in speech.
说话率直的,不转弯抹角的。
3.
He threw out hints of cowardice.
他转弯抹角地说，这跟怯懦是分不开的。
4.
Don't beat around the bush, come straight to the point.
请直截了当地说，不要转弯抹角。
5.
He threaded his way back to the ferry landing,
他转弯抹角，回到了渡船码头，
6.
By the time he works round to putting forward the suggestion,it will be too late.
等他转弯抹角地提出建议,那就太晚了。
7.
But the negotiations proved long and tortuous.
但谈判还是转弯抹角地拖了很久。
8.
She made an oblique reference to her own affairs.
她转弯抹角地提起她自身的事。
9.
The poem contains an oblique reference to Queen Elizabeth.
这首诗转弯抹角地提及伊丽沙白女王。
10.
salt the cow to catch the calf
用转弯抹角的手段来达到目的
11.
He will smooth it over, whereas you will hit straight from the shoulder.
他善于转弯抹角，而你只会单刀直入。
12.
Say what you have to say plainly.Don't go all round the circle to get here.
你该说的就直说吧, 不用转弯抹角。
13.
By the time she works round to putting forward the suggestion, it will be too late.
等到她转弯抹角地提出建议，那就太晚了。
14.
Why do you wind and turn? Be frank with me.
你为什么这样转弯抹角的?爽快地对我说吧。
15.
We don't like talking round things without coming to any decision.
我们不喜欢转弯抹角地谈问题而不作任何决定。
16.
The speaker took far too long leading up to her main point.
演讲者转弯抹角地谈了很久才谈到她的要点。
17.
Never mind the tortuous explanation;tell me in plain English, are you coming or not?
别转弯抹角地解释了，直率地告诉我，你来不来？
18.
They had approached each other obliquely and addressed each other by implication.
他们彼此躲躲闪闪，谈起话来也转弯抹角。