rings around

rings around
rings around
— used in phrases like run rings around to say that one person or thing is much better than others

There's an architect in our firm who runs rings around [=does much better work than] the rest of us.

These are talented kids who can dance rings around [=dance much better than] most of their peers.

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  • run rings around someone — run rings around (someone/something) to show much more skill or ability than someone or something else. International gangs of art thieves have run rings around national police. Olympic hockey runs rings around the game played by professionals …   New idioms dictionary

  • run rings around something — run rings around (someone/something) to show much more skill or ability than someone or something else. International gangs of art thieves have run rings around national police. Olympic hockey runs rings around the game played by professionals …   New idioms dictionary

  • run rings around — (someone/something) to show much more skill or ability than someone or something else. International gangs of art thieves have run rings around national police. Olympic hockey runs rings around the game played by professionals …   New idioms dictionary

  • run\ rings\ around — • run circles around • run rings around v. phr. To show that you can do a task much better than; do better than (someone) very easily. In spelling, Ruth could run circles around Barbara any day. Frank ran rings around the other boys on the… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • run rings around (someone) — run rings around/round (someone) to have much more skill, ability, or intelligence than someone else. Why does he talk to Alison as if she s stupid, when we all know she could run rings around him? …   New idioms dictionary

  • run rings around someone — If you run rings around someone, you are so much better than them that they have no chance of keeping up with you …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • run rings around — verb To demonstrate superiority, or greater skill than another person, team or group of people. Liverpool ran rings around Ipswich in a 5 0 victory on Saturday. Syn: run circles around …   Wiktionary

  • run rings around someone —    If you run rings around someone, you are so much better than them that they have no chance of keeping up with you.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

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