拐弯抹角 / 拐彎抹角
guǎi wān mò jiǎo
Meaning
- literally going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom)
- figuratively to speak in a roundabout way
- to equivocate
- to beat about the bush
Example sentences
有啥说啥，俺不会拐弯抹角。
有啥說啥，俺不會拐彎抹角。
yǒu shá shuō shá， ǎn bú huì guǎi wān mò jiǎo。
I'll say what I mean; I won't beat around the bush.
不要拐弯抹角。
不要拐彎抹角。
bú yào guǎi wān mò jiǎo。
Don't beat around the bush.