dance around

話をはぐらかす、遠回しに話す

別の話をするなどして、ある話題について直接話すのを避ける。

やさしい英語で： To avoid discussing something directly, often by talking about other things.

• Please do not dance around the issue.
• She danced around questions about the missing money.
• Why are you dancing around the subject?

使い方： dance around something (Stop dancing around the question and answer it.)

類義語： evade, avoid, sidestep

反対語： address

よく使う表現： dance around something, dance around questions, dance around issues

踊り回る

踊りながらあちこちへ移動したり、輪を描いて回ったりする。

やさしい英語で： To move from place to place, or in a circle, while dancing.

• We dance around the room together.
• They danced around the fire all night.
• She was dancing around happily when I arrived.

使い方： dance around someone/something (The children danced around the tree.)

よく使う表現： dance around someone, dance around something, dance around happily

時間を浪費させる、だまして引き延ばす

人をだましたり約束の実行を遅らせたりして、相手の時間を無駄にする。

やさしい英語で： To waste someone’s time by misleading them or delaying what you have promised.

• Do not dance me around; just pay me.
• The agent danced us around with empty promises.
• They keep dancing customers around instead of issuing refunds.

使い方： dance someone around (They danced me around for weeks without paying.)

類義語： string along, give the runaround

よく使う表現： dance around someone, dance around customers