单词 | talk in riddles |
释义 | talk in riddlestalk in riddles 1 to say things in a mysterious way that other people cannot understand 打哑谜〔指说话让人难以理解〕 Stop talking in riddles and explain what’s going on! 别打哑谜了,说说是怎么回事! Examples from the Corpus talk/speak in riddles• When Tweedledum and Tweedledee talk to Alice they are almost talking in riddles.• She is described by the Argive elders as speaking in riddles because they fail to understand her predictions.• She talked in comparisons, she spoke in riddles.• She wished people wouldn't talk in riddles. → talk/speak in riddles at riddle1(1) 2 to deliberately talk in a strange and confusing way 打哑谜 Stop talking in riddles and explain what’s going on. 别打哑谜了,解释一下到底发生了什么。 Examples from the Corpus talk in riddles• She wished people wouldn't talk in riddles.• When Tweedledum and Tweedledee talk to Alice they are almost talking in riddles. → talk in riddles at talk1(20) |
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