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问题: beat round bushes 是什么意思?

beat round bushes 是什么意思?是英语谚语吗?请帮忙翻译下面这个句子。
Diplomats would like to beat round bushes to diminish their failures, or to boost their achievements.

解答:

beat around the bush?

就是言辞闪烁,模棱两可,顾左右而言他。

外交官们希望以模棱两可的言辞来掩饰他们的失败,或夸大他们的成就