Episode Synopsis "Beat around the Bush"

Did you know that hunters used to beat around the bush, in the literal sense of the words? Instead of jumping at the game, they would try to surround it to get to it. Pal and Hridaya of grade 9th are talking about how this idiom came into being. Listen to them to know it in detail.

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