run (a)round in circles



run (a)round in circles

To waste one's time and energy engaging in trivial, aimless, or futile activities. I tried to get an outline drafted for my thesis, but my ideas were so jumbled in my head that I just kept running round in circles. The committee spent all afternoon trying to come up with a new PR proposal, but they ran around in circles the whole time.
See also: circle, run

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Eutychius-Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Aylen-Native American, Mapuche
Hallsteinn-Ancient Scandinavian
Yosif-Bulgarian
Gale (1)GAYLEnglish
DafneDAHF-neItalian