All around Robin Hood's barn In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "all around Robin Hood's barn", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Caroline Tran calendar 2020-11-05 11:11

Meaning of All around Robin Hood's barn

All around Robin Hood's barn phrase informal

Going on a long, indirect route get to the destination

I cannot believe I went all around Robin Hood's barn to get to Peter's house that's just about one kilometer from my home.

We were so stupid because instead of going straight - which was the right way, we turned left and went all around Robin Hood's barn.

She walked all around Robin Hood's barn to look for a shop that sold handkerchiefs.

We came to the party so late because our taxi driver took us all around Robin Hood's barn.

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Origin of All around Robin Hood's barn

The idiom derived from the mid 19th century in the dialect speech of the English Midlands, which is the area that Robin Hood is said to have operated.

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