旁敲侧击 meaning in English
attack by innuendo; approach a subject without coming straight to the point; beat about [around] the bush; by means of devious questioning; by-stroke; fool round the stump; in a roundabout way; make a veiled attack; make innuendoes; make oblique references to; make oblique thrust(s)
Examples
- Besides, deviousness isn't your style .
此外，旁敲侧击也不是你的作风。 - Miss glover saw that no good would come by beating about the bush .
格洛弗小姐看出光是旁敲侧击没什么好处。 - Their chatter, their laughter, their goodhumoured innuendoes, above all, their flashes and flickerings of envy, revived tess's spirits also .
她们的闲谈，她们的笑声，她们旁敲侧击的趣话，更加上她们闪闪烁烁的羡慕，使苔丝的兴致也复活了。 - Don ' t beat around the bush , doc . don ' t beat around the bush
别旁敲侧击，大夫.别旁敲侧击 - Don ' t beat around the bush . don ' t beat around the bush , doc
别旁敲侧击.别旁敲侧击，大夫