talk\ in\ circles

talk\ in\ circles
v. phr.
To waste time by saying words that don't mean very much.

After three hours at the negotiating table, the parties decided to call it quits because they realized that they had been talking in circles.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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