pace around hot porridge like a cat

To speak vaguely or euphemistically so as to avoid talking directly about an unpleasant or sensitive topic. The phrase is Scandinavian in origin. Don't pace around hot porridge like a cat—just tell me the truth. Why are you pacing around hot porridge like a cat? Are you leaving our company?

See also: around, cat, hot, like, pace, porridge

See also:

beat about the bush
beat around/about the bush, to
beat around the bush
not beat about the bush
not beat around the bush
long about
along about
about last night...
be a fate worse than death
dust and ashes

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