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推三阻四推三推四tuī sān zǔ sìdecline with all sorts of excuses; give the runaround; hum and haw; make all sorts of excuses
❍ 江菊霞插上来打断他的话：“不要再推三推四的了，慕韩老兄。”(周而复《上海的早晨》Ⅰ—556) Jiang Juxia stepped in and interrupted him: “Don’t keep trying to back out,Muhan.”/你不要推三推四的，这点忙你得帮，延年有困难，你不帮忙谁帮忙？ (周而复《上海的早晨》 Ⅰ —118)Don’t hum and haw,this is a time when you can't refuse your help. Yannian's in difficulties and if you don’t help him out who will?/如今白告诉去，那边太太再～的，……(《红楼梦》1003) If instead of that we just report it,Lady Xing may make excuses in order to shift the responsibility.
❍ 奶奶一直反对汤阿英出去开什么会参加什么活动的，刚才阿英自己推三推四，一方面也是怕奶奶讲话。(周而复《上海的早晨》Ⅰ—534) Granny had always been against Aying going out to meetings and taking part in activities and so on,and one of the reasons why Aying had tried to refuse just now was because she was afraid of Granny’s tongue. 推三阻四tuī sān zǔ sì用种种借口推托、阻拦。give the run around, decline with all sorts of excuses, fob sb. off with excuse |