Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “beat around the bush“ and it is a phrase meaning “to do whatever you can to avoid say things (directly); to hesitate getting/coming to the point of an issue; evade/dodge the issue, be non-committal”.
Example Sentence: It was an evening at the Indian Institute of Technology (Delhi) campus. Supreme Court judge, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, was listening intently to a student’s question. The query was both simple and tricky. Simple, if you are honest. Tricky, if you beat around the bush. The student wanted to know about judicial bias. Justice Chandrachud characteristically took the honest route. He said a judge has to first accept his or her own bias. This acceptance is the first step towards fairness on the Bench.
This phrase is present in The Hindu article Justice D.Y. Chandrachud | Open to different voices and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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