Summary
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tourner autour du pot:
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Wiktionary:
tourner autour du pot → beat around the bush, beat about the bush
tourner autour du pot → beat about the bush
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Wiktionary:
French
Detailed Translations for tourner autour du pot from French to English
tourner autour du pot: (*Using Word and Sentence Splitter)
- Tourner, +: Spin, In
- Tourner, -: Spin, out
- tourner: turn; swing; veer; turn around; shift; reverse; twist; swing around; roll; rotate; return; stir; churn; spin; swirl; whirl; twirl; go back; spin round; word; phrase; rock; open; oscillate; formulate; turn on; dangle; unlock; open up; unscrew; put into words; swing to and fro; revolve; confuse; tack; turn away; change tack; swing round; make dizzy
- autour: about; approximately; round; around; surrounding; all round; round about; hawk
- devoir: need; want; must; have to; having to; being forced to; being obliged to; should; ought to; be obliged to; duty; lecture; paper; project; writing; clerical work; task; difficulty; problematical case; owe
- déçu: disappointed; glum; let down; disillusioned; crestfallen; down in the mouth; deceived; fooled
- dû: bound; committed; obliged; obligatory; indebted
- pot: pot; casserole; saucepan; chamber pot; stewpan; cooking-pot; stew-pan; stewing-pan; ewer; tankard; water jug; mug; glass; cup; goblet; drinking glass; jug; coal-scuttle; jar; keg; flagon; cannikin; small cask; small barrel; tot of jenever; dram of jenever; nip of jenever
Wiktionary Translations for tourner autour du pot:
tourner autour du pot
Cross Translation:
verb
tourner autour du pot
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(figuré) User de détours inutiles, au lieu d’aller au fait, à la conclusion d’une affaire.
- tourner autour du pot → beat around the bush; beat about the bush
verb
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to delay or avoid talking about something difficult or unpleasant
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to treat a topic but omit its main points
Cross Translation:
| From | To | Via |
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| • tourner autour du pot | → beat about the bush | ↔ um den heißen Brei herumreden — eine Sache nicht offen ansprechen |