- run round in circles
- People who run round in circles have difficulty in achieving something because of lack of organization.
Running round in circles will get us nowhere - we need to set up a plan.
English Idioms & idiomatic expressions. 2014.
run round in circles
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run round in circles — To act in too frenzied a way to achieve anything useful • • • Main Entry: ↑circle * * * run round in ˈcircles idiom (informal) to be busy doing sth without achieving anything important or making progress Main entry: ↑circle … Useful english dictionary
run round in circles — ► go (or run) round in circles informal do something for a long time without achieving anything. Main Entry: ↑circle … English terms dictionary
go (or run) round in circles — informal do something for a long time without achieving anything. → circle … English new terms dictionary
run around in circles — INFORMAL ► to be very active without achieving any good results: »Peter s been running round in circles since half his department resigned. Main Entry: ↑run … Financial and business terms
go round in circles — ► go (or run) round in circles informal do something for a long time without achieving anything. Main Entry: ↑circle … English terms dictionary
round in circles, run or go — Be active, often without result … A concise dictionary of English slang
circles — , circling Symbolically, a circle can stand for perfection, wholeness, or a boundary (protective or confining); circling round something can be a way of honouring or blessing it, or, conversely, of receiving blessing or power from it.… … A Dictionary of English folklore
Round and round the garden — is a nursery rhyme for infants and toddlers.Words Round and round the garden (Run your index finger around baby s palm.) Went the Teddy Bear, One step, two steps, (Jump your finger up his arm.) Tickle under there. (Tickle him under his arm.)… … Wikipedia
run — run1 [ rʌn ] (past tense ran [ ræn ] ; past participle run) verb *** ▸ 1 move quickly with legs ▸ 2 control/organize ▸ 3 machine: work ▸ 4 liquid: flow ▸ 5 try to be elected ▸ 6 vehicle: travel ▸ 7 be shown/performed ▸ 8 reach amount/rate ▸ 9… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Run Lola Run — Infobox Film name = Run Lola Run caption = German language poster director = Tom Tykwer producer = Stefan Arndt writer = Tom Tykwer starring = Franka Potente Moritz Bleibtreu music = Tom Tykwer Johnny Klimek Reinhold Heil cinematography = Frank… … Wikipedia
