go (all) around the houses

To 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 round the houses

go all round the houses

BRITISH

If someone goes round the houses or goes all round the houses, they keep talking about unimportant things before they get to the thing they are meant to be talking about. After three minutes of going round the houses I had still failed to get a sense from him of whether he felt he'd done anything wrong. I really can't be bothered going all round the houses with you. This is the deal.

go round (or all round) the houses

1 take a circuitous route to your destination. 2 take an unnecessarily long time to get to the point.

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!

词组	go (all) around the houses
释义	go (all) around the houses go (all) around the houses To 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? See also: around, go, house Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. go round the houses or go all round the houses BRITISH If someone goes round the houses or goes all round the houses, they keep talking about unimportant things before they get to the thing they are meant to be talking about. After three minutes of going round the houses I had still failed to get a sense from him of whether he felt he'd done anything wrong. I really can't be bothered going all round the houses with you. This is the deal. See also: go, house, round Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. go round (or all round) the houses 1 take a circuitous route to your destination. 2 take an unnecessarily long time to get to the point. See also: go, house, round Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary 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! See also: all, go, house, round Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: at doorstep at (one's) doorstep better (to be) safe than sorry better safe than sorry at (one's) expense at expense at somebody's expense at someone's expense be remembered as (something) be remembered as/for something
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