tourner à vide
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tuʁ.ne a vid/
Verb
tourner à vide
- (of an engine) to tick over, to idle, to run idle
- (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)