hem and haw

Invariably, Mitchell said, “the guy would hem and haw,” then opt for treatment.

“To see almost the entire G.O.P., but also a decent number of Democrats, equivocate and hem and haw and filibuster, and ultimately bend yet again to pressure from the gun lobby.”

This is as settled as science can be, yet Congress continues to hem and haw and fail to take meaningful action.

Most real estate TV quests are partially faked; many times, the couples have already bought the home they pretend to hem and haw over before choosing it in the end.

While Westerners trying to describe smells tend to hem and haw and squint into space, searching for descriptors, speakers of these languages are declarative and decisive.