marear la perdiz

to mess about*

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(v.) = kick to + death, go round in + circles, beat about/around + the bush

Ex. The article is entitled 'Has Poisson been kicked to death? -- a rebuttal of the British Library Lending Division's views on the inconsistency of rank lists of serials'.

Ex. This type of discussion makes the conflict endless and the argument is going round in circles because different people are trying to solve different problems.

Ex. There is no excuse for beating about the bush when combating poverty and social exclusion.

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(v.) = kick to + death, go round in + circles, beat about/around + the bush

Ex: The article is entitled 'Has Poisson been kicked to death? -- a rebuttal of the British Library Lending Division's views on the inconsistency of rank lists of serials'.

Ex: This type of discussion makes the conflict endless and the argument is going round in circles because different people are trying to solve different problems.

Ex: There is no excuse for beating about the bush when combating poverty and social exclusion.