He hemmed and hawed for a few minutes, then he finally told me he was getting married.

我们去了，坐在我们的树下。他支支吾吾好几分钟，终于告诉我他要结婚了。

" To hem and haw" means to speak indirectly.

“to hem and haw”是间接说话的意思。

You've hemmed and hawed for weeks.

托马斯：你已经支支吾吾几个星期了。

They hemmed and hawed and gestured a lot with their hands.

“他们用手支支吾吾， 用手做了很多手势。

" If I were in your shoes, I wouldn't hem and haw."

“如果我处在你的位置， 我就不会犹豫不决。

If I were in your shoes, I wouldn't hem and haw about it.

如果我处在你的位置，我就不会犹豫不决。

He gave them money and then had to hem and haw before his wife.

他给穷人一些钱所以不得不在她妻子面前有些支吾。

Well, Victor is saying that they're not going to hem and haw.

好吧，维克多是说他们不会支支吾吾。

Someone who doesn't want to make a decision or wants more time to make a decision might hem and haw.

不想做决定或想要更多时间做决定的人可能会犹豫不决。

They sort of hem and haw over lots of other issues, whether it's antivax or hate speech, et cetera, et cetera.

他们对很多其他问题都犹豫不决，无论是反疫苗接种还是仇恨言论等等。

And on the other hand, if you're a small startup, can you wiggle your way into the market while the big guys are hemming and hawing over whether or not to change?

另一方面，如果你是一家小型初创公司，当大公司还在犹豫是否要改变时，你能勉强进入市场吗？

" To hem and haw" is to speak very indirectly or, I think more commonly, not to make a decision – to go back and forth, to keep talking about something without actually coming to a decision.

“to hem and haw” 是非常间接地说话， 或者，我认为更常见的是，不做决定——来回说， 继续谈论某事， 但实际上没有做出决定。