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     • go (all) (a)round the houses To waste one's time and energy saying unimportant things before getting to one's point.
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   What does it mean if someone goes all round the houses?

   • Don't go all round the houses—just tell me the truth. Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2024 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved. If someone goes round the houses or goes all round the houses, they keep talking about unimportant things before they get to the thing they are meant to be talking about.

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   Why do people talk round the houses?

   • if someone is going round the houses, they keep talking about unimportant things, rather than concentrating on what they are supposed to be discussing Although in many cases we talk round the houses, we get to the important issues as well. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

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   Why is a round house called a round house?

   • A round house is called round because one can walk round it. In some trading vessels, the round-house is built on the deck, generally aft of the main-mast.

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   Why did the male line Go Round the houses again?

   • They went round the houses again on the issues at stake. Twice the male line has had to go all round the houses to get back to a person who was an heir. He chairs meetings efficiently, likes contributions to be pithy, and if a discussion is going round the houses, he'll end it before the allotted time.

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3. wordhistories.net › 2018/03/05 › go-round-housesmeaning of ‘to go (all) round the houses’ - word histories

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   Mar 5, 2018 · The British-English colloquial phrase to go (all) round the houses means to get to the point in a lengthy or roundabout way, from its literal sense, to take an unnecessarily circuitous route to one’s destination—synonym: to go round Robin Hood’s barn.

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4. dictionary.cambridge.org › go-all-round-the-housesGO (ALL) ROUND THE HOUSES - Cambridge English Dictionary

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   to waste time doing or asking something in a very complicated way. (US go around Robin Hood's barn) to take a route that is much longer than necessary: I got the number 26 bus and that one goes all round the houses. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Digressing and being indirect or evasive.

5. idioms.thefreedictionary.com › go+all+round+the+housesGo all round the houses - Idioms by The Free Dictionary

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   go all round the ˈhouses (British English, informal) do something or ask a question in a very complicated way instead of in a simple, direct way: If you want to ask her something, just ask her directly — there’s no need to go all round the houses!

6. idioms.thefreedictionary.com › go+(all)+round+theGo (all) round the houses - Idioms by The Free Dictionary

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   go all round the houses. BRITISH. If someone goes round the houses or goes all round the houses, they keep talking about unimportant things before they get to the thing they are meant to be talking about.

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   go all round the houses. BRITISH. If someone goes round the houses or goes all round the houses, they keep talking about unimportant things before they get to the thing they are meant to be talking about.

8. www.collinsdictionary.com › round-the-housesDefinition of 'round the houses' - Collins Online Dictionary

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   ROUND THE HOUSES definition: if someone is going round the houses, they keep talking about unimportant things, rather... | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples.

9. idiomorigins.org › origin › around-the-housesHistory of Around the houses - Idiom Origins

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   The complete expression is to go (all) around the houses, a British expression from the mid-19th century and perhaps before, meaning to take a circuitous route to get from A to B, or figuratively take an unnecessarily long time to get to the point.