“Go off on a tangent”
Communicationتعریف
کسی موضوع کے بارے میں بات کرنا یا سوچنا شروع کرنا جس کا اصل موضوع سے کوئی تعلق نہیں ہے۔
English: To start talking or thinking about a subject unrelated to the main topic.
مثالیں
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1 / 2“I asked about the budget, but he went off on a tangent about his holiday.”
میں نے بجٹ کے بارے میں پوچھا، لیکن اس نے اپنی چھٹی کے بارے میں بات کرنا شروع کردی، جس کا کوئی تعلق نہیں تھا۔
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.
میں نے بجٹ کے بارے میں پوچھا، لیکن اس نے اپنی چھٹی کے بارے میں بات کرنا شروع کردی، جس کا کوئی تعلق نہیں تھا۔
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?
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- What does "Go off on a tangent" mean?
- "Go off on a tangent" means کسی موضوع کے بارے میں بات کرنا یا سوچنا شروع کرنا جس کا اصل موضوع سے کوئی تعلق نہیں ہے۔.
- 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.