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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Beating about the Bush Not coming directly to the matter in hand, but feeling your way timidly by indirection, as persons beat bushes to ascertain if game is lurking under them. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "BEATING ABOUT THE BUSH"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Japanese Kanji | 単刀直入 (frankness, going right to the point, point-blank, without beating about the bush). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Katakana | た"とうちょくにゅう (frankness, going right to the point, point-blank, without beating about the bush). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | eatingbay aboutay ethay ushbay | ||||
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 45 41 54 49 4E 47 41 42 4F 55 54 54 48 45 42 55 53 48 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01000101 01000001 01010100 01001001 01001110 01000111 00100000 01000001 01000010 01001111 01010101 01010100 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000101 00100000 01000010 01010101 01010011 01001000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B E A T I N G   A B O U T   T H E   B U S H |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0045 0041 0054 0049 004E 0047 0041 0042 004F 0055 0054 0054 0048 0045 0042 0055 0053 0048 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36393554434841235364955542544239236555342 |
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