| 释义 |
go (all) round the housesBritish 1Take a circuitous route to one’s destination.‘If nobody takes personal responsibility for the claim it will just go round the houses,’ she warns....- Well, Andy, our feature writer Stephen Lewis went all round the houses trying to find working telephone numbers for Loadbikes and Cyclone.
- Was he your first choice from the moment you wrote the script, or did you have to go round the houses a little before you came to that conclusion?
1.1Take an unnecessarily long time to get to the point: a partner is likely to go all round the houses today, when it’s obvious what they are hinting at...- As my husband says I'm can't say yes I have to go round the houses first and then give an answer which means yes but doesn't feature the word yes.
- If you would just like to ask your solicitor, otherwise it will be a lot of going round the houses to achieve nothing except for saving the defendant having to pay something.
- Experts in language learning recognise the value of going round the houses a bit to avoid those aspects of a language that you have problems with.
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