Question

Run Circles around Someone to easily do something far better than someone else

Accepted Answer

Isaac thinks he's a good math student, but Margaret could run circles around him. In the late 1800s the writer who made up this saying might have imagined two runners. One was so fast that he could actually run in circles ("rings") around his slower competitor and still win the race. Today if you can "run rings around" someone else, you're much better than he or she is in a skill.

Idiom	Run Circles around Someone
Example	Isaac thinks he's a good math student, but Margaret could run circles around him.
Meaning	to easily do something far better than someone else
Origin	In the late 1800s the writer who made up this saying might have imagined two runners. One was so fast that he could actually run in circles ("rings") around his slower competitor and still win the race. Today if you can "run rings around" someone else, you're much better than he or she is in a skill.

Run Circles Isaac Thinks Good Math Student Margaret