ж., -и обикн. мн.
1. (за път) detour;
2. прен. circumlocution; circumambulation; beating about the bush; circuitous mode of approach; prevarication; • без ~и roundly, point blank; (говорете) без ~и! come (straight) to the point, don’t beat about the bush; говоря без ~и not mince matters/o.’s words; говоря със ~и talk in a roundabout manner, beat about the bush, circumambulate, prevaricate.