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riddles

/ˈrɪdlz/B1

謎語 / 謎題 (n.)

這裡用複數形式 `riddles`。在口語中，說別人「speak in riddles」意思就是說話拐彎抹角、打啞謎，不直截了當。

When my mother died,

people only ever spoke to me in riddles.

All I wanted was for someone to say that they were sorry for what happened to me.