| 词汇 | go around in circles |
| 释义 | Idiom go around in circlesgo (around) in circles to be very active but not achieve anything.His mind went in circles around the problem, but he couldn't seem to find a solution for it. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form talk in circles - speak a lot but without saying anything important: Every time the mayor speaks he seems to talk in circles. Related vocabulary: around and around, round and round, go around and aroundgo (a)round in circlesTo waste one's time and energy engaging in trivial, aimless, or futile activities and failing to make any progress as a result. I tried to get an outline drafted for my thesis, but my ideas were so jumbled in my head that I just kept going round in circles. The committee spent all afternoon trying to come up with a new PR proposal, but they went around in circles the whole time. go around in circlesBRITISH, AMERICAN orgo round in circlesBRITISHIf someone goes around in circles or goes round in circles, they achieve little because they repeatedly deal with the same point or problem. This was one of those debates which simply went round in circles. My mind was going around in circles. go around in circles, toTo keep trying but get absolutely nowhere. The idea behind this expression dates back to the time when it was first observed that persons who are lost tend to wander in circles and hence cannot ever reach their desired destination. Plato used the term figuratively (Charmides) for an argument that leads nowhere: “You drag me round and round in a circle.” See also run around in circles. |
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