hum and haw

You can’t constantly hum and haw your chances or you’ll just never get out of that paralysis.

"The government's right and chance to hum and haw has long expired. You are murderers. Your hand is bloody. Blood has splattered from your face, your mouth to your nails and all over you. You are the biggest supporters of terror," he told reporters in comments broadcast on the internet.

Hum′mer, something that hums.—Hum and haw, to hesitate in giving a direct answer; Humming ale, ale that froths up well, or that makes the head hum; Make things hum, to set things agoing briskly.

After dinner, the Squire began to hum and haw, and Frank to color up and shrink.

After dinner, the Squire began to hum and haw, and Frank to color up and shrink.