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Q. Idioms and phrases for: To beat about the bush

  • (A) To avoid coming to the point
  • (B) To boast about oneself
  • (C) To punish an innocent person
  • (D) None of these
Explanation by: Admin

Correct Answer: 👉 (A) To avoid coming to the point

Explanation (easy to understand):
The idiom “to beat about the bush” is used when a person talks in a roundabout way instead of saying the main thing directly.
They keep giving extra details, excuses, or unrelated information because they may feel shy, afraid, or uncomfortable to speak the truth.

Origin idea:
In old hunting times, people would beat the bushes to scare birds out, instead of going straight inside the bush.
Similarly, in conversation, a person “beats around” the topic rather than coming straight to it.

Example:
If a teacher asks, “Why were you absent yesterday?”
and the student says,
“Actually sir, my uncle came… then we went to market… and there was traffic…”
instead of directly saying “I was sick”, the student is beating about the bush.

So, the idiom clearly means not saying the main point directly.

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