Hello and welcome to The English We Speak with me,Rob...and me Feifei. Thanks for offering to drive me to the airport Rob. No problem.It takes forever on the bus,so I thought I would save you some time. Thanks,but do you actually know the way to the airport? Yes of course,why are you asking? It's just we seem to be going round and round this roundabout. Rob,should not you take that turning there? No! That's where we just came from. Maybe it's this one ... no,that can not be right. Rob!We're going round in circles! Hmmm... We are not getting anywhere! Come on Rob,I'm going to miss my flight. Well done Feifei,you've just explained today's phrase go round in circles although it's nothing to do with driving. If you do something for a long time without achieving any results and you always come back to the same problem, then you can describe the situation as going round in circles. OK,so it really means you do not make any progress? Yes that's right. Let's hear some examples while I decide which turning to take: The politicians talked for hours but they could not come to an agreement; they were just going round in circles.
