Definition
To approach a task or question in a roundabout and inefficient manner, wasting time by not being direct.
繞圈子，拐彎抹角
Instead of directly asking if I could help him, he went all round the houses with his request.
他沒有直接問我是否可以幫助他，而是拐彎抹角地提出他的請求。
Stop going all round the houses and just tell me what you really want to say.
別再拐彎抹角了，直接告訴我你到底想說什麼。
She always goes all round the houses instead of stating her opinion directly; she implies it.
她總是拐彎抹角，而不是直接表達她的意見；她暗示它。