汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 拐弯抹角
拐弯抹角 (拐彎抹角)
lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom) / fig. to speak in a roundabout way / to equivocate / to beat about the bush
Follow the winding road / Metaphorically speaking, it is not straightforward
抹角挨墙角绕过。沿着弯弯曲曲的路走。比喻说话绕弯,不直截了当。
guǎi () wān mǒ/mò jiǎo/jué
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

他不想给人留下拐弯抹角打探消息的印象。

He didn't want to create the impression that he was fishing for information.

拐弯抹角地对我们说他想走了。

He told us, in a very roundabout way, that he was thinking of leaving.

拐弯抹角地解释了,告诉我究竟发生了什么。

Stop giving me circular explanations and tell me what really happened.

他反复说他无意在评论国家领导人时拐弯抹角

He repeated that he did not intend to be mealy-mouthed with the country's leaders.

有被踏平的灌木(beataround the bush闪烁其词,拐弯抹角),还有议会成员用来寻找针的干草堆(lookfora needlein haystack大海捞针)。

There are bushes, which were beaten around, and a row of haystacks in which members of Congress used to look for needles.

其实小婉蓁这话,就是拐弯抹角地告诉冼绯珠,你爪子伸的太长了,张罗的也太多了点。

The in fact small Wan Zhen is this words, be in a round-about way narrate the bead of Sheng Fei, you the claw son stretched too to grow and attended to needs also a little bit too many.

妈妈却好似有火眼金金一般,一下子看透了我的心思,瞪着眼睛问我:“有什么事情直说吧,别在我这儿拐弯抹角,我可不吃你这一套。”

" Mom is like gold, will suddenly saw through my mind, and eyes stare asked me: "what is up straight, don't beat around the bush in my here, I don't eat you to this one.