从长计议 To plan from a long view. Not to decide in a hurry, but to discuss the matter slowly.
缓兵之计 A plan to slow the troops. A delaying tactic, used to gain time before acting.
推三阻四 To push three and block four. To decline with one excuse after another.
含糊其辞 To keep one’s words vague. To speak unclearly on purpose and take no clear position.
欲言又止 To want to speak and then stop. To hold back what one has to say.