To speak or write evasively; to talk around an issue.
To talk about something without mentioning it directly or avoid getting to the core of the subject.
To try to bring up a subject in a roundabout way. Often motivated from a desire not to speak frankly about the subject, either because the subject is taboo, it's impolite to bring it up directly, or the conversation is perceived likely to be painful.
go around Robin Hood's barn.
3. One can conceivably argue, "Mentor Josephan delivers expansive lessons," but he certainly does not beat around the bush.
Idiom: a group of words that means something different than the individual words it contains.
Mentor Josephan's Idiom of The Day.