roundabout way

基本解释

Friday, a reporter attempted to address the subject in a round-about way.
周五，一名记者试图绕圈子套点科比关于这一话题的口风。
Which is a very round-about way of getting back to that original cat-in-the-box _you_ mentioned a while back.
说了这么多，我们回到你最初提起的“盒子里的猫”话题。
The in fact small Wan Zhen is this words, be in a round-about way narrate the bead of Sheng Fei, you the claw son stretched too to grow and attended to needs also a little bit too many.
其实小婉蓁这话，就是拐弯抹角地告诉冼绯珠，你爪子伸的太长了，张罗的也太多了点。

Mr. Javitz is correct in a round-about sort of way.
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