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Download Solution PDFChoose the correct meaning of the underlined idiom from the options that follow:
Please get to the point Don't beat around the bush.
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- The idiom "beat around the bush" means to discuss a topic without coming to the point; to avoid getting to the main issue, often because it is uncomfortable or difficult. (गोलमोल बातें करना / घुमा फिराकर बात करना)
- Example: Stop beating around the bush and tell me what you really want.
- The phrase "avoid talking about what is important" accurately describes the meaning of "beat around the bush". (महत्वपूर्ण बात करने से बचना)
- Sentence with meaning: Please get to the point, Don't avoid talking about what is important.
Therefore, the correct answer is- avoid talking about what is important
Additional Information
H ere are the other options explained along with their Hindi meanings:
- say things to the point (सीधी बात कहना): This is the opposite of beating around the bush; it's what "get to the point" means.
- talk about important subject. (महत्वपूर्ण विषय पर बात करना): Beating around the bush is a way of not talking directly about the important subject.
- destroy plants (पौधों को नष्ट करना): This is a literal interpretation and not the idiomatic meaning of the phrase.
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