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Resultados 21 - 23 de aproximadamente 23 | | | 12 Junio 2010 19:02 | | To me, "beating around the bush" would be before the fact: someone's trying to say something indirectly that he's afraid of just coming out and saying?
"Turn the goose so it doesn't burn" here seems to be post hoc, where the Stupid Thing has been said, and he's desperately trying to do Damage Control...?
![](../images/emo/confused.png) | | 13 Junio 2010 04:47 | | Ah yes - you're right, I guess. Maybe your suggestion of "trying to sweep it under the carpet" is better.
Or maybe "backpedaling". | | 13 Junio 2010 04:47 | | "Applying spin control" is really perfect, but that's a new expression, whereas the Turkish one is an old one. |
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