| English | Russian |
| give a runaround | найти крайнего (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| give a runaround | искать крайнего (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| give sb. the runaround | морочить (ART Vancouver) |
| give sb. the runaround | устраивать волокиту (to fail to give someone information or help that he or she needs by not answering questions or by not dealing with the problem directly (Merriam-Webster) | to deliberately avoid giving someone a definite answer, especially when they are asking you to do something (Longman) -- о действиях чиновников, бюрократов: Their customer representatives keep giving me the runaround. • Every time we ask the landlord about fixing the roof, he gives us the runaround. ART Vancouver) |
| give sb. the runaround | морочить голову (to fail to give someone information or help that he or she needs by not answering questions or by not dealing with the problem directly (Merriam-Webster) | to deliberately avoid giving someone a definite answer, especially when they are asking you to do something (Longman) -- о действиях чиновников, бюрократов: Their customer representatives keep giving me the runaround. • Every time we ask the landlord about fixing the roof, he gives us the runaround. ART Vancouver) |
| give sb. the runaround | увиливать (to fail to give someone information or help that he or she needs by not answering questions or by not dealing with the problem directly (Merriam-Webster) | to deliberately avoid giving someone a definite answer, especially when they are asking you to do something (Longman) -- о действиях чиновников, бюрократов: Their customer representatives keep giving me the runaround. • Every time we ask the landlord about fixing the roof, he gives us the runaround. ART Vancouver) |
| give sb. the runaround | гнать зайца (to fail to give someone information or help that he or she needs by not answering questions or by not dealing with the problem directly (Merriam-Webster) | to deliberately avoid giving someone a definite answer, especially when they are asking you to do something (Longman) -- о действиях чиновников, бюрократов: Their customer representatives keep giving me the runaround. • Every time we ask the landlord about fixing the roof, he gives us the runaround. ART Vancouver) |
| give sb. the runaround | проморочить (ART Vancouver) |
