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拖泥带水tuō ní dài shuǐbe dragged through mud and water; draggly;messy; muddy; not clear-cut;sloppy; slovenly;untidy
❍ 老洪干事从不～，他说杀哪个，还跑得了么？ (知侠《铁道游击队》13) Lao Hong is a man of his word. When he says so-and-so is not to live,then he does not live.
❍ 他说话总像锤子打钉子一样，干脆、利爽，从不～，咬字不清或含义不明。(柳青《创业史》318) He spoke like a hammer driving nails—concise,sharp,with no beating about the bush,no mumbling or vagueness.
❍ 但是签订这个全面性协定，我们须得准备应付许多～的事情。(《毛泽东选集》1337) But if a general agreement is to be signed,we must be prepared as a consequence to deal with many messy matters.
❍ 我们只有雷霆，只有闪电，只有风暴，我们没有～的雨！ (郭沫若《屈厚》135) We have only thunder,lightning and wind but no weak rain!/乡下人的脾气是～的，又要借债，又舍不得田，…… (茅盾《子夜》220)They’re a woolly-minded lot,these country people:they want loans,but they don’t want to give up their farms! 拖泥带水leave loose ends; messy; sloppy;slovenly
办事要利落，不要～。Do things deftly,not sloppily(or slovenly)./说话～beat about the bush 拖泥带水tuō ní dài shuǐ比喻说话、办事或写文章等不简洁、不干脆。messy, sloppy, muddy, untidy, be dragged through mud |