Straitjacket, do the rounds
Hi,
1) When shoes are really tight, can I say that I feel like my feet are trapped in a straitjacket? I know that there's a 'jacket' in the word 'straitjacket', so it has nothing to do with feet, but I thought that it could still be used to describe extremely tight shoes that hurt your feet.
2) Let's say that there's a shopping area in my city where the shops are arranged in a way to form a circle. If I went shopping with my friend, we would start at the beginning and then at the end, we would find ourselves standing in front of the same shop as when we started. (We finished the whole circle.) If my friend then wanted to go along the circle again, could I say that we 'did the rounds and hit most of the shops twice'? I'd like to use the word round to describe the situation, but I'm not sure if I'm doing it right.
Perhaps I could say that we 'did two rounds'.
Thank you.
Top answer
The first is a metaphor and is proper. A clever one at that. ", but is not incorrect in using "did".
- The first is a metaphor and is proper.
- A clever one at that.
- ", but is not incorrect in using "did".
- 'Rounds' is used to describe a series of stops in the course a period of time, but doesn't necessarily have to literally be in a circle.
- Doctors/nurses 'make rounds' in hospitals when they check in on a series of patients under their care.
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The first is a metaphor and is proper. A clever one at that.
The second is more commonly stated as, "we made the rounds...", but is not incorrect in using "did". 'Rounds' is used to describe a series of stops in the course a period of time, but doesn't necessarily have to literally be in a circle. Doctors/nurses 'make rounds' in hospitals when they check in on a series of patients under
01. This is not good usage. Using the phrase "trapped in a straitjacket" to describe tight shoes is overly melodramatic.
2. The word "rounds" can be used even if the shops are not laid out in a circle. For example: "We did the rounds at the mall and hit most of the shops more than once."
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