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spoke to me in riddles

說話打啞謎 / 拐彎抹角

`speak in riddles` 字面意思是「用謎語說話」,引申為「說話含糊其辭、拐彎抹角,讓人難以理解」。這裡 Alicent 用它來形容人們在她母親去世後對她說話的方式,沒有直接表達同情。

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.