around Robin Hood's barn



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around Robin Hood's barn

A long, indirect route. A: "What took you guys so long to get here?" B: "Well, rather than just going through town, our esteemed driver took us all around Robin Hood's barn instead!"
See also: around, barn, robin

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
CÔNg-Vietnamese
Davud-Persian
Guilhermegee-LYER-məPortuguese
Atifa-Arabic
Dipak-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Nepali
Theophilusthee-AHF-ə-ləs (English)Biblical, Ancient Greek (Latinized)