A listener remembers her grandmother’s colorful comment when someone arrived late after getting lost: You went around your elbow to get to your thumb. Lots of similar sayings in English suggest roundabout routes or overcomplicated tasks, including...
Jennifer in San Antonio, Texas, wants a word for a shortcut that ends up taking longer than the regular route, after one of her driving detours forced her to turn around and retrace her way. The plain opposite is longcut, and another playful...
