遊花園
jau4 faa1 jyun2yóu huā yuáninferred
English
- to beat around the bush; to dance around the issue
粵語 — Cantonese
- 為咗迴避問題,轉彎抹角、避重就輕,講咗等於冇講
Examples
係就係,唔係就唔係,唔好帶我遊花園。
Just give me a yes or a no; don't beat around the bush.
問到敏感問題嗰陣,個發言人就係咁遊花園。
The spokesperson kept dancing around the issue when pressed with sensitive questions.
Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk