俚语：闪烁其辞，兜圈子
<p>俚语：闪烁其辞，兜圈子</p><p>阿<span word="P">P</span>是个好人，没错！但阿<span word="P">P</span>永远也不可能成为我的朋友。为啥？他说话向来“太委婉”，从不会一针见血指出我的毛病。没听人说过？“良药苦口，忠言逆耳。” 可惜，阿<span word="P">P</span>天生“不会说逆耳的话”（<span word="to">to</span> <span word="mince">mince</span> <span word="words">words</span>）。 俚语“<span word="to">to</span> <span word="mince">mince</span> <span word="words">words</span>”常用来形容某人说话“太委婉”。这样的人在提建议或指正别人错误时，要么闪烁其辞，要么吞吞吐吐、绕半天弯子。 单看其字面意：<span word="mince">mince</span>原意是“切碎、剁碎或绞碎”。试想，一句很刺耳的话若被拆细了一点一点地说，其力度肯定会大大减轻，由此，“<span word="to">to</span> <span word="mince">mince</span> <span word="words">words</span>”引申指“讲话不直接”。看到这儿，不知您会不会想到“美国偶像”评委<span word="Simon">Simon</span> <span word="Cowell">Cowell</span>，素有“恶魔”之称的他言语犀利，点评时绝不绕弯子，而是“<span word="to">to</span> <span word="mince">mince</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="words">words</span>”（一语破的、直言不讳）。 值得一提的是，“<span word="to">to</span> <span word="mince">mince</span> <span word="words">words</span>”最早出现于16世纪莎翁的戏剧，指“因为礼貌而说话委婉”。随着岁月的流逝，现代意义上的“<span word="to">to</span> <span word="mince">mince</span> <span word="words">words</span>”更多含贬义意，常用来形容“说话不爽快、兜圈子、闪烁其辞”。此外，“<span word="to">to</span> <span word="mince">mince</span> <span word="matters">matters</span>”也可表达相同的意思，而这两个俚语更常用于否定句型。看个例举： <span word="She">She</span> <span word="didn">didn</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="mince">mince</span> <span word="matters">matters</span>/<span word="words">words</span> - <span word="she">she</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="useless">useless</span>. 她没有转弯抹角，而是直截了当地说他这人一无用处。</p>
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