Go around the houses British UK informal
The phrase means to say something unimportant and not focus on the main part.
You don't need to go around the houses, I want to know the main part of your project.
I don't like people who go around the houses because they waste of time on me.
The verb "go" should be conjugated according to its tense.
The phrase appeared in the 1900s.
Come out of a difficult situation without a stain on one's character
I don't understand how he can fall in shit and come out smelling like a rose.