Idiom Definition:
"to beat around the bush"
to not speak directly to the most important issue of the moment
to speak of many things that are related to the most important issue of the moment but never actually talk about the most important issue.
Synonyms: avoid, baffle, balk, circumvent, conceal, confuse, deceive, dodge, elude, equivocate, fudge, hedge, lie, pretend, prevaricate, pussyfoot, sidestep, trick, weasel