Idiom of the day :- Skirt around

Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-

Girls know what it means to have a skirt around somewhere for they probably have several in their wardrobes at this very moment. Those aren’t the kind of skirts referred to in this idiom, though, for to skirt around means to avoid something. ‘Let’s not skirt around the facts. We’ve skirted around them too long.’