Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
dar más vueltas que una noria
English translation:
to go around in circles | to go round and round
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David Russi
May 26, 2009 14:09
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Spanish term
dar más vueltas que una noria
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Jun 2, 2009 14:55: David Russi changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/49807">Ana Gómez's</a> old entry - "dar más vueltas que una noria"" to ""to go around in circles""
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David Russi
United States
United States
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English
United States
30+ years, stopped counting...
Native in: English 
, Spanish
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to go around in circles
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2 mins
Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
US Court Cert. 1980 Ph.D. 1981
Native in: English
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58
go all over the place
Oxford
Mike :)
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Note added at 2 mins (2009-05-26 14:12:24 GMT)
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"tuve que dar más vueltas que una noria: I had to go all over the place"
Mike :)
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Note added at 2 mins (2009-05-26 14:12:24 GMT)
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"tuve que dar más vueltas que una noria: I had to go all over the place"
26 mins
keep on turning, just like a water-wheel
- Treads: lyricsHe said "Now, Life's like a waterwheel. Keeps turnin' round ... Round & round & round it goes. And it keeps on turnin' just like a waterwheel ...
www.jonibishop.com/treadslyrics.cfm - 35k - Cached - Similar pages
www.jonibishop.com/treadslyrics.cfm - 35k - Cached - Similar pages
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Brett Thomas
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
¡corre, gordo, corre!
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, Danish to English, Italian to English
spinning around like a whirling dervish
A sufi form of meditation by spinning
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Note added at 36 mins (2009-05-26 14:46:10 GMT)
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it depends if the context gives the idea of going in circles or wandering around aimlessly
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Note added at 36 mins (2009-05-26 14:46:10 GMT)
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it depends if the context gives the idea of going in circles or wandering around aimlessly
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Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes
Spain
Spain
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Spain
Sworn & legal. Contracts & CVs. PhD
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to Spanish
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8
go/move from one place to another getting nowhere // like a merry-go-round
Ups and Downs of Christian Life -- Trusting God in Hard Times
Sometimes life feels like a roller coaster of ups and downs, and other times like a merry-go-round, going around and around but seemingly getting nowhere. ...
www.faithclipart.com/guide/christian-principles/faith/ups-a... christian-life.html
elpueblodeceuta.es - [ Translate this page ]
Para todos ellos la vida es como una noria que gira y gira pero, al final, siempre para en el mismo lugar. Ellos, cuando se suben en esa noria, ...
www.elpueblodeceuta.es/200706/20070619/200706198102.html
Other meanings, apart from "not finding one's way":
In the appropriate context, the expression could mean "to be undecided, not to make up one's mind":
que tal el hp nw 9440? - Comunidad N3D - [ Translate this page ]
5 posts - 3 authors - Last post: 20 Nov 2006
hola a tod@s!!! como muxos por aqui ando super liado ante la compra de un portatil. le estoy dando mas vueltas que una noria!! y ya estoy un ...
foro.noticias3d.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=169677
= drive somebody crazy by not providing sth or by asking for yet something more, e.g., information, documents...: like a merry-go-round".
Hipotecas - Despues de pagada la hipoteca - [ Translate this page ]
Te agradezco muchiiiisimo tu aclaracion, esto es mejor que ir a un banco y que me den mas vueltas que una noria, con gente asi estan mas ...
www.todoexpertos.com/categorias/dinero-y-servicios/hipoteca... 1854386/despues-de-pagada-la-hipoteca
merry-go-round - definition of merry-go-round by the Free Online ...
When I couldn't see, or feel, an' when my knees was shakin an my head goin' like a merry-go-round, I'd fall safe into clenches just the same. ...
www.thefreedictionary.com/merry-go-round - 35k
Sometimes life feels like a roller coaster of ups and downs, and other times like a merry-go-round, going around and around but seemingly getting nowhere. ...
www.faithclipart.com/guide/christian-principles/faith/ups-a... christian-life.html
elpueblodeceuta.es - [ Translate this page ]
Para todos ellos la vida es como una noria que gira y gira pero, al final, siempre para en el mismo lugar. Ellos, cuando se suben en esa noria, ...
www.elpueblodeceuta.es/200706/20070619/200706198102.html
Other meanings, apart from "not finding one's way":
In the appropriate context, the expression could mean "to be undecided, not to make up one's mind":
que tal el hp nw 9440? - Comunidad N3D - [ Translate this page ]
5 posts - 3 authors - Last post: 20 Nov 2006
hola a tod@s!!! como muxos por aqui ando super liado ante la compra de un portatil. le estoy dando mas vueltas que una noria!! y ya estoy un ...
foro.noticias3d.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=169677
= drive somebody crazy by not providing sth or by asking for yet something more, e.g., information, documents...: like a merry-go-round".
Hipotecas - Despues de pagada la hipoteca - [ Translate this page ]
Te agradezco muchiiiisimo tu aclaracion, esto es mejor que ir a un banco y que me den mas vueltas que una noria, con gente asi estan mas ...
www.todoexpertos.com/categorias/dinero-y-servicios/hipoteca... 1854386/despues-de-pagada-la-hipoteca
merry-go-round - definition of merry-go-round by the Free Online ...
When I couldn't see, or feel, an' when my knees was shakin an my head goin' like a merry-go-round, I'd fall safe into clenches just the same. ...
www.thefreedictionary.com/merry-go-round - 35k
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Wilsonn Perez Reyes
El Salvador
El Salvador
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El Salvador
BA in Translation & BA in Law
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beat around the bush
Otra opción.
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Lydia De Jorge
United States
United States
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English
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United States
Don't just say it, say it right!
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