| 单词 | to go, run or rush round in circles |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go, run or rush (a)round in circles c. Colloquial phrase to go, run or rush (a)round in circles: to rush about in all directions; to move or act aimlessly or inconclusively. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail [verb (intransitive)] > expend effort in vain to lose or spill one's whilec1175 to speak to the windc1330 tinec1330 to beat the windc1375 lose?a1513 to boil, roast, or wash a stonea1529 to lose (one's) oil1548 to plough the sand (also sands)a1565 to wash an ass's head (or ears)1581 to wash an Ethiop, a blackamoor (white)1581 to wash a wall of loam, a brick or tilea1600 to milk the bull (also he-goat, ram)1616 to bark against (or at) the moona1641 dead horse1640 to cast stones against the wind1657 dry-ditcha1670 baffle1860 to go, run or rush (a)round in circles1933 1933 H. L. Ickes Diary 27 Sept. in Secret Diary (1953) I. 99 I asked the oil people to supply the..necessary facts and figures. They keep promising to do it but according to the solicitors they don't furnish them. The result is that we have been running around in circles. 1940 G. Butler Kiss Blood off Hands i. 11 They were running around in circles, shouting and blaming each other. 1942 ‘P. Wentworth’ Pursuit of Parcel xxxvi. 168 He had been rushing around in circles because he didn't dare to stop and think what might be happening to Delia. 1953 H. Waugh Last seen Wearing 58 We've been going around in circles long enough. If she's down there I want to know it. < as lemmas |
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