round the bend
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“Five of clubs, did you say? Afraid I don’t have time for cards today, not with this baby of mine chug-chug-chugging ’round the bend.
From Literature
"It just drives me round the bend" when people blast out videos, music and films on public transport, the 73-year-old says.
From BBC
You can almost hear Johnny Cash sing: “I hear that train a-comin’, it’s rolling ’round the bend, and they ain’t seen the World Series since I don’t know when.”
From Seattle Times
When it reaches the right side of the track, you see it round the bend and then start moving right to left.
From Scientific American
"I was going well round the bend, but tightened up and lost my footing a bit and it was downhill from there."
From BBC
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