hello teachers,i`m so glade to be a member here ,but i want to give me name of a best book that talk about idiom and the name of the author.....7 i`ll be so thank

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ms american teacher don't get angry just because i mentioned a former president of your country of origin. in fact, i was not talking politics, but history, isn't it? don't be so susceptible please. i think everyone can make jokes on everything and of course, not everyone would like them or find it funny. that's the problem with sense of humor...it is not universal. are  we still friends?.

Let's try to avoid politics !  As you might know Americans, in general, are quite direct, outspoken and sometimes blunt. This doesn't mean that we don't <em>beat around the bush </em>or<em> beat about the bush</em>.

You  are correct when you say that this idiom means to <em>avoid saying something directly</em>. 

There are many reasons why a person might <em>beat around the bush</em>.  It could be to avoid upsetting other people or it could be that the person who is speaking doesn't have the courage to be direct.

For example:

I had trouble telling Pedro he'd lost his job. I started <em>beating around the bush </em>and talking about one door closing and another door opening.

Stop <em>beating about the bush</em>. Just tell me what's happened!