go round in circles

Meaning

1. to work hard at sth or discuss sth without making any progress

In the movies · 2

• We're going round in circles!Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead1991
• Unless you want to go round in circles...Brief Encounter1945

From the same entry

• come, turn, full circle
• run round in circles
• circle the wagons

More idioms

• have an eye for
• i could eat a horse
• in the eyes of the law
• in the light of
• kick ass
• know a thing or two
• make the first move
• make your skin crawl
• not take no for an answer
• pull the plug on
• put to the test
• put two and two together