run-around

"The judges, the commissioner of the prison, the attorney general -- no one wants to go against the king or the prime minister, so everybody is just running around in circles, delaying," said Nguyen.

I'm 47 next week, so that's quite old for somebody to be operating at this level, running around after people a lot younger than you.

During a recent screening in Beijing, female moviegoers could be heard giggling through scenes featuring the two actors swimming and running around shirtless.

A childhood Liverpool fan, she used to run around the house in a replica shirt, her curly hair slicked back to resemble Spanish striker Fernando Torres.

"I remember her running around in a pink scrum hat and thinking, she's one of the most talented under-18 players I've ever seen," she said.