hem and haw

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hem and hah

1.

To discuss, deliberate, or contemplate rather than taking action or making up one's mind.

美国习语

If you hem and haw long enough, someone else will do it first.
2.

To mumble and procrastinate in one's speech, especially with a reply to a hard question or with voicing a decision on a topical matter; to evade a question, giving vague answers; to equivocate or temporize.

The man at the Chief Office hemmed and hawed. 'We make it a rule,' he explained, 'to give no information concerning our clients.' 'But in this case,' I urged, 'it is the client who requests you to give the information concerning himself.' Again he hemmed and hawed.

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hem + and + haw

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