all around Robin Hood's barn

going somewhere by an indirect route; going way out of the way [to get somewhere]; by a long and circuitous route. We had to go all around Robin Hood's barn to get to the little town.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Tenzing	-	Tibetan
Nausikaa	-	Greek Mythology
Benedita	-	Portuguese
Carol (1)	KER-əl, KAR-əl	English
Monika	MO-ni-kah (German), maw-NEE-kah (Polish)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Lithuanian, Latvian
Lindita	-	Albanian