“Go off on a tangent”
Communicationඅර්ථ දැක්වීම
ප්රධාන මාතෘකාවට අදාළ නොවන විෂයක් ගැන කතා කිරීම හෝ සිතීම ආරම්භ කිරීම.
English: To start talking or thinking about a subject unrelated to the main topic.
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1 / 2“I asked about the budget, but he went off on a tangent about his holiday.”
මම අයවැය ගැන ඇහුවා, නමුත් ඔහු ඔහුගේ නිවාඩුව ගැන කතා කරන්න පටන් ගත්තා, ඒක කිසිම සම්බන්ධයක් නැති දෙයක්.
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.
මම අයවැය ගැන ඇහුවා, නමුත් ඔහු ඔහුගේ නිවාඩුව ගැන කතා කරන්න පටන් ගත්තා, ඒක කිසිම සම්බන්ධයක් නැති දෙයක්.
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 dictionaryනිතර අසන ප්රශ්න
- What does "Go off on a tangent" mean?
- "Go off on a tangent" means ප්රධාන මාතෘකාවට අදාළ නොවන විෂයක් ගැන කතා කිරීම හෝ සිතීම ආරම්භ කිරීම.
- 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.