“Go off on a tangent”
Communicationपरिभाषा
मुख्य विषयसँग सम्बन्धित नभएको विषयमा कुरा गर्न वा सोच्न सुरु गर्न।
English: To start talking or thinking about a subject unrelated to the main topic.
उदाहरणहरू
उदाहरणहरू
1 / 2“I asked about the budget, but he went off on a tangent about his holiday.”
मैले बजेटको बारेमा सोधें, तर उसले आफ्नो बिदाको बारेमा कुरा गर्न थाल्यो, जुन असंबद्ध थियो।
Use this idiom in context
Rewrite this example in plain English without the idiom. Preserve who is speaking, the time and the meaning.
I asked about the budget, but he went off on a tangent about his holiday.Compare with the original example
I asked about the budget, but he went off on a tangent about his holiday.
मैले बजेटको बारेमा सोधें, तर उसले आफ्नो बिदाको बारेमा कुरा गर्न थाल्यो, जुन असंबद्ध थियो।
Write a two-line conversation using “Go off on a tangent”. Make the situation clear enough that a reader can infer the meaning. Then replace the idiom with a plain-English explanation: does your conversation still mean the same thing?
Check the expression in a dictionaryबारम्बार सोधिने प्रश्नहरू
- What does "Go off on a tangent" mean?
- "Go off on a tangent" means मुख्य विषयसँग सम्बन्धित नभएको विषयमा कुरा गर्न वा सोच्न सुरु गर्न।.
- How do you use "Go off on a tangent" in a sentence?
- Example: "I asked about the budget, but he went off on a tangent about his holiday."
- Should I interpret "Go off on a tangent" word for word?
- Understand the expression as a whole. Use the definition and example to learn its meaning rather than translating each word separately.