ne pas tourner rond

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nə pɑ tuʁ.ne ʁɔ̃/

Verb

ne pas tourner rond

  1. (informal) not to run smoothly
  2. (figuratively, informal) to be wrong, to be amiss
    Il y a quelque chose qui ne tourne pas rond ici. ― There's something fishy; there's something not quite right; there's something wrong.
  3. (figuratively, informal) to have a screw loose
    Ce mec ne tourne pas rond. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Usage notes

Not to be confused with tourner en rond.

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