| 单词 | beat the bushes for |
| 释义 | beat the bushes forLook everywhere for something or someone, as in I've been beating the bushes for a substitute but haven't had any luck. This term originally alluded to hunting, when beaters were hired to flush birds out of the brush. [1400s] Also see beat around the bush. Words nearby beat the bushes forbeats me, beat someone at his or her own game, at someone's feet, be, beat the air, beat the band, beat the bushes for, beat the clock, beat the drum for, beat the Dutch, beat the living daylights out of, beat the meat The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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