Theo đường vòng (không đi theo con đường ngắn nhất)

to go by a roundabout route

đi bằng con đường vòng

Quanh co

a roundabout way of saying something

lối nói quanh co về việc gì

Đẫy đà, to bép, mập mạp

Chỗ đường vòng (phải vòng qua bục công an... không đi thẳng được) (như) rotary, traffic-circle

Vòng ngựa gỗ

Lời nói quanh co

(từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) áo cánh, áo cộc

to lose on the swings what you make on the roundabouts

lên voi xuống chó mãi rồi đâu vẫn hoàn đấy

Circuitous, circular, indirect, long: We had plenty oftime so we came the more scenic, roundabout way.

Devious,circuitous, evasive, indirect, oblique: If you wanted to borrowsome money, asking me for tax advice was quite a roundabout wayof asking.

N.

Merry-go-round, carousel or carrousel, Old-fashioned ordialect whirligig: The children weren't the only ones whoenjoyed themselves on the roundabout. 4 Brit mini-roundabout, USand Canadian rotary, traffic circle: When you come to theroundabout, turn right and keep going till you come to a trafficlight.

N.

Brit. a road junction at which traffic movesin one direction round a central island.

Brit. a a largerevolving device in a playground, for children to ride on. b =MERRY-GO-ROUND 1.

Adj. circuitous, circumlocutory, indirect.