| 词汇 | go all round the houses |
| 释义 | Idiom go all round the housesgo (all) round the houses British to waste time saying a lot of things that are not important before you get to the subject you want to talk about.There's no need to go all round the houses, just tell me straight out what's wrong. go (all) around the housesTo waste one's time and energy saying unimportant things before getting to one's point. Doc, please stop going around the houses and just tell me—how serious are Johnny's injuries? go all round the ˈhouses(British English, informal) do something or ask a question in a very complicated way instead of in a simple, direct way: If you want to ask her something, just ask her directly — there’s no need to go all round the houses! |
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