ROBIN HOOD'S BARN, RIDE OVER

a variation of go around Robin Hood's barn, arrive at the right conclusion by very roundabout methods. From the fact that Robin Hood had no barn, his granary was the cornfields o f the neighborhood. To go around his barn was to make a circuitous route around the neighboring fields. —3rd South African unpublished Appr GLS (19.3.92)

a variation of go around Robin Hood's barn, arrive at the right conclusion by very roundabout methods. From the fact that Robin Hood had no barn, his granary was the cornfields of the neighborhood. To go around his barn was to make a circuitous route around the neighboring fields.