Caroline Tran
2020-11-05 11:11
All around Robin Hood's barn phrase informal
I cannot believe I went all around Robin Hood's barn to get to Peter's house that's just about one kilometer from my home.
We were so stupid because instead of going straight - which was the right way, we turned left and went all around Robin Hood's barn.
She walked all around Robin Hood's barn to look for a shop that sold handkerchiefs.
We came to the party so late because our taxi driver took us all around Robin Hood's barn.
To make an issue or situation less clear and less easy to understand
Used to indicate a significantly long amount of time
Used to refer to speech or writing that is nonsensical or overly complicated, consequently incomprehensible.
Used to depict a path, river, road, etc. repeatedly turning in different directions.
The idiom derived from the mid 19th century in the dialect speech of the English Midlands, which is the area that Robin Hood is said to have operated.
Do you see anything wrong?
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