Re: 顧左右而言它
Posted by glotynn on 2006/7/18 10:34:27
顧左右而言他
to look elsewhere and talk of other things; to elude a question by talking off the point.
When someone is asked a particular question that he/she does not feel like to answer, he/she may look elsewhere and talk of other things, trying to divert the asker from that topic.
I don't know if there is a relative idiom in English.
to look elsewhere and talk of other things; to elude a question by talking off the point.
When someone is asked a particular question that he/she does not feel like to answer, he/she may look elsewhere and talk of other things, trying to divert the asker from that topic.
I don't know if there is a relative idiom in English.
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