ջուր ծեծել

Literally, "to beat water".

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒuɹ t͡seˈt͡sel/ [d͡ʒuɹ t͡seˈt͡sel] invalid IPA characters (//[])
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃuɹ d͡zeˈd͡zel/ [t͡ʃʰuɹ d͡zeˈd͡zel] invalid IPA characters (//[])

ջուր ծեծել • (ǰur cecel)

1. (idiomatic) to engage in empty talk, to beat around the bush

   Synonym: յուղ վառել (yuġ vaṙel)

• Bediryan, Petros (2011) “ջուր ծեծել”, in Hayeren darjvackʻneri əndarjak bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Comprehensive explanatory dictionary of Armenian idioms] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
• Sukʻiasyan, A. M., Galstyan, S. A. (1975) “ջուր ծեծել”, in Hayocʻ lezvi darjvacabanakan baṙaran [Armenian idiom dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press