beating around the bush
tom was so mad when his girl-friend dumped him that he started to go beating around the bush to release stress
when a person or people are happy, angrey, or excited and decides to take a sledgehammer and find a bush and just start beating the ground around it
"tom was so mad when his girl-friend dumped him that he started to go beating around the bush to release stress" What is the definition of "beating around the bush"?