give somebody the runaroundinformalAVOID to deliberately avoid giving someone a definiteanswer, especially when they are asking you to do something 敷衍某人,對某人顧左右而言他〔尤當被某人要求做事時〕
Every time we ask the landlord about fixing the roof, he gives us the runaround.
每次我們要求房主修理屋頂,他就敷衍我們。
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give somebody the runaround• I called the insurance company about this claim, but they kept giving me the runaround.