Is it not a way to beat around the bush for simply saying that it is about complete annihilation of the individual? |
There was really one particular nurse, who was a really straightforward person and I'd rather have it straightforward than to beat around the bush. |
We encourage deferential leaders to not hold back, not beat around the bush or dance around the subject, skirting the real issues. |
But let's not beat around the bush here – Imogen Poots has an angelic face: wide-set blue eyes, long lashes and peaches-and-cream complexion. |
Lloyd was in no mood to beat around the bush, and so put direct the question he wished answered. |
We hem and haw, guess and beat around the bush, so that after we have finished telling the patient, he knows about as much as he did before we started. |