circles 成语

circles around you

much better than you, no contest Why do you play cards with her? She can play circles around you.

go around in circles

without getting anywhere, uselessly He has been going around in circles for weeks now and still hasn

go in circles

walk around but not work, work in confusion I'm going in circles. I have to stop and plan my work.

run around in circles

act confused, do a lot but accomplish little I have been running around all day but I can

run circles around you

run faster than you, win easily Billy can run circles around any boy in school. He's very fast.

talk in circles

Idiom(s): talk in circles

Theme: COMMUNICATION - VERBAL

to talk in a confusing or roundabout manner.
• I couldn't understand a thing he said. All he did was talk in circles.
• We argued for a long time and finally decided that we were talking in circles.

run circles around

Idiom(s): run circles around someone AND run rings around someone

Theme: SUPERIORITY

to outrun or outdo someone. (Informal.)
• John is a much better racer than Mary. He can run circles around her.
• Mary can run rings around Sally.

Go round in circles

If people are going round in circles, they keep discussing the same thing without reaching any agreement or coming to a conclusion.

Run circles around someone

If you can run circles around someone, you are smarter and intellectually quicker than they are.

move in the same circles

know the same people socially: "I'm afraid I don't know the Queen personally - we don't move in the same circles!"

in a circle|circle|circles|in circles

adv. phr. Without any progress; without getting anywhere; uselessly. The committee debated for two hours, just talking in circles. If you don't have a clear aim, you can work a long time and still be going in circles. He seemed to be working hard, but was just running around in circles.

run around in circles|circles|run

v. phr. To waste time in repetitious movements; be confused. There was such a crowd in the lobby that I ran around in circles trying to find my group.

run circles around|circles|rings|run|run rings aro

v. phr. To show that you can do a task much better than; do better than (someone) very easily. In spelling, Ruth could run circles around Barbara any day. Frank ran rings around the other boys on the basketball team.

talk in circles|in circles|talk

v. phr. To waste time by saying words that don't mean very much. After three hours at the negotiating table, the parties decided to call it quits because they realized that they had been talking in circles.

in circles

in circles
see go around.