tourner à vide

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tuʁ.ne a vid/

Verb

tourner à vide

  1. (of an engine) to tick over, to idle, to run idle
  2. (figuratively) to spin one's wheels, to go round in circles, to go nowhere
    J'ai le cerveau qui tourne à vide. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
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