(figuratively) to pass out, to keel over, to faint

(of an engine) to tick over, to idle, to run idle / (figuratively) to spin one's wheels, to go round in circles, to go nowhere

(figuratively) to turn on one's heel, to turn tail

(informal, figuratively) to beat around the bush

(figuratively, informal) to twiddle one's thumbs

(informal) not to run smoothly / (figuratively, informal) to be wrong, to be amiss / (figuratively, informal) to have a screw loose

(informal, transitive) to drive nuts, to drive crazy, to drive mad

to make the world go round

(figuratively) spoilsport, killjoy

(simile) to pace up and down; to be restless; to feel like a caged animal