(October 14, 2022 at 10:46 am)Angrboda Wrote:Quote: To avoid saying what you mean, usually because it is uncomfortable. Most languages used the concept of "round" to illustrate the concept of beating around the bush. In medieval times hunters would hire men to assist them during a hunt. Their job was to help flush out animals that were hiding in the bushes. They would accomplish this by beating, or whacking the brush with a wooden stick, perhaps while adding in some loud shouting.
All the rustling and noise would scare out any birds and other animals from the cover of the brush, making them easy targets for the hunters. In Scandinavian languages, the phrase "walking the cat around the porridge" is used. In French, the phrase used is "turning around the flower pot".
I grew up with the phrase ‘going all ‘round the houses’.
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
