to beat around the bush, to pad out
Não vá encher linguiça só para deixar sua resposta mais impressionante.
Don't pad out your answer to make it seem impressive.
A popular explanation links the phrase to sausage-making: a linguiça is made by stuffing a natural casing with meat, fat and seasoning. The story describes "stretching" the filling with cheap padding — flour, bread, scraps — so the sausage looks plump while holding little real meat.
Source: Escreva.ai. Aulete.
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