float around
phrasal verbwithfloatverbuk/fləʊt/us/floʊt/
informal(UKalsofloat about)(OBJECT)
You say that anobjectisfloatingaround when youthinkit is notfaraway but you cannotseeexactlywhere:
就在附近I can'tfindmypurse, but it must befloatingaround heresomewhere.我找不到我的钱包了，但是它肯定就在这儿什么地方。
Closeness in distance and time
- a hair's breadthidiom
- a stone's throwidiom
- about
- ace
- anywhere
- anywhere nearidiom
- approachable
- around
- hand to handidiom
- hard by
- here
- hereabouts
- roof
- round the corneridiom
- shadow
- shout
- step
- stick together
- super-convenient
- tailgating
(IDEA)
If anideaorstoryfloatsaround, it isdiscussedorrepeatedby a lot ofpeople:
（想法或故事）流传，传播rumoursfloatingaround四处流传的谣言
Debate & discussion
- agent provocateur
- bargainer
- bat
- bat around
- broker
- closure
- cloture
- consult
- dialogue
- discursive
- parley
- polemic
- polemical
- post-debate
- powwow
- provocateur
- re-explore
- reason withsomeone
- special pleading
- talk turkeyidiom