They're really friendly. It takes me a while to to get to like a northerner. They're very up front, I think. They don't beat around the bush, they kind of, say it how it is.
This is often used in the negative; for example, if you tell someone 'don't beat around the bush', you want to say 'get to the point and tell me what I need to know.'
这个习语一般都是负面的用法;例如,如果你告诉某人“don’t beat around the bush”的话,你的意思是直接告诉我我需要知道什么吧。
" And if that's why you came out here to wait for me, why didn't you say so without beating around the bush" ? Scarlett could think of nothing to say, and she felt her face growing red with annoyance.
I looked at him. I felt like a child who, despite all manner of indirect pleas and hints, finds himself unable to remind his parents they'd promised to take him to the toy store. No need beating around the bush.