A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations

go round in circles • go round the houses
go round in circles —(also: run around in circles) work busily
at a task without making any progress: We’ll never reach an
agreement: we’re just going round in circles.
Note: 
The expression does not correlate in meaning with the
phrase go full circle—(of a situation) return to what it was before
(also: come full circle): Now we have gone full circle. Critics
groan: “Bring back incompetent punk-rock bands, and away
with these boring old practicing musicians!”
go round the houses —do smth. in an inefficient way when
there is a quicker, more convenient way: My method goes
round the houses a bit, but it works. I’d love to hear from
anyone who has an easier one.
go slow • go slowly
go slow —
1
. move at a low speed: Like Mike said, drive it a
few times and it gets better. Just go slow around the corners.
2. deliberately work slowly (as a form of industrial action):
What dealers did, of course, was go slow in processing their
paper work. 3. be less active; do smth. without hurry (to have
more time for consideration, etc.): We had better go slow in
this transaction. It needs care. 4. use smth. sparingly: You can
have the nursery bathroom all to yourself, but do go slow on
the hot water, will you?
go slowly —
1
. = go slow 
1
: Go slowly round the corners
because you know how skiddy it is these days. 2. (of time) pass
tediously: The days went slowly for Robin who was wary of
sleeping and eating.
go South • go West
go South —(U.S. sl., also: head South) 
1
. (of a market, economy,
etc.) deteriorate; lessen in quality or worth: All the stock mar-
ket indexes went South today. 2. make an escape; run away:
Lefty went South the minute he got out of the pen.
go West—(sl.) 
1
. die: I’m afraid — if I go west this time —
I’ll be leaving you rottenly badly off, old girl. 2. (of things)
perish or disappear: Wilson sighed. “There’s valuable evidence
gone west,” he said.