A：I wonder if I can ask you a question.
我能问你一个问题吗?
B：Ask me a question? What do you want to know?
问我个问题?你想知道什么?
A：Well... er... it is just... just that I...
这个...... 呃...... 就是...... 就是我......
B：Just what? Stop beating around the bush. Tell me what you want to know.
就是什么?别兜圈子了。告诉我想知道些什么。
A：I... er... I just want to know if you could lend me a few bucks.
我...... 呃....... 我就是想知道你能借点钱给我吗?
B：Lend you a few bucks? No way! Still remember the money you borrowed me last time?
借钱给你?没门!你还记得上次借钱的事情吗?
A：Yeah. But I...
记得。但是我......
注释:
beat around the bush
讲解：该习语意思是“说话兜圈子”或“说话拐弯抹角”。其中beat指“敲打”或“收索”，bush是“灌木丛”，beat aroud是“四处闲逛”“四处奔走”。那么beat aroung the bush字面意思就是“在灌木丛里走来去搜索东西”，这个是需要时间的。因此beat around the bush就比喻为：说话拐弯抹角，说话兜圈子。
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