摘要:Around the World in Eighty Days[阅读全文]

摘要:拐弯抹角，旁敲侧击 Beat即“打”，而bush即“灌木丛”。Beat around the bush直译为“在灌木丛边打来打去”。中世纪英国贵族打猎时常雇佣一些人专门在灌木丛边拍打，使从中野兽惊慌奔逃而猎之，他们敲敲打打，似乎与[阅读全文]

摘要:You are "beating around the bush" when you talk about things indirectly, not stating exactly what you mean. Example: "Why don't you just come out and say what you want to say? Stop beating around[阅读全文]

摘要:A person who has been "around the block" has experience, because they have been to different places and done different things. Example: "Don't think you can fool me so easily: I have been around t[阅读全文]