In spelling, Ruth could run circles around Barbara any day.
Frank ran rings around the other boys on the basketball team.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
run circles around — also[run rings around] {v. phr.} To show that you can do a task much better than; do better than (someone) very easily. * /In spelling, Ruth could run circles around Barbara any day./ * /Frank ran rings around the other boys on the basketball… … Dictionary of American idioms
run circles around — also[run rings around] {v. phr.} To show that you can do a task much better than; do better than (someone) very easily. * /In spelling, Ruth could run circles around Barbara any day./ * /Frank ran rings around the other boys on the basketball… … Dictionary of American idioms
run circles around — verb To outperform by a great margin. You may think youre a fast typist, but hell run circles around you any day! … Wiktionary
run circles around someone — If you can run circles around someone, you are smarter and intellectually quicker than they are … The small dictionary of idiomes
run circles around you — run faster than you, win easily Billy can run circles around any boy in school. He s very fast … English idioms
run circles around someone — If you can run circles around someone, you are smarter and intellectually quicker than they are. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Run circles around someone — If you can run circles around someone, you are smarter and intellectually quicker than they are … Dictionary of English idioms
run circles around — or run rings around phrasal to show marked superiority over ; defeat decisively or overwhelmingly … New Collegiate Dictionary
run\ rings\ around — • run circles around • run rings around v. phr. To show that you can do a task much better than; do better than (someone) very easily. In spelling, Ruth could run circles around Barbara any day. Frank ran rings around the other boys on the… … Словарь американских идиом
run rings around — verb To demonstrate superiority, or greater skill than another person, team or group of people. Liverpool ran rings around Ipswich in a 5 0 victory on Saturday. Syn: run circles around … Wiktionary
