talk in circles



talk in circles

Fig. 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.
See also: circle, talk

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
SiriusSIR-ee-əs (English), SEER-ee-əs (English)Astronomy
Ansovald-Ancient Germanic
CoenKOONDutch
Saif Al-Din-Arabic
Zosimos-Ancient Greek
Jyotsana-Indian, Hindi