go all round the houses
成語所屬單字house
go all round the houses — 慣用語
1. To do or ask something in a very indirect and complicated way.
1.慣用語
釋義
拐彎抹角
To do or ask something in a very indirect and complicated way.
例句
Instead of answering, he went all round the houses.
Why go all round the houses when you can ask directly?