off at a tangent Idioma

go off on a tangent

Idiom(s): go off on a tangent

Theme: DIRECTION

to go off suddenly in another direction; suddenly to change one's line of thought, course of action, etc. (A reference to geometry. Plural: go off on tangents.)
• Please stick to one subject and don't go off on a tangent.
• If Mary would settle down and deal with one subject she would he all right, hut she keeps going off on tangents.

on a tangent

on a tangent
On a sudden digression or change of course, as in The professor's hard to follow; he's always off on a tangent. This phrase often occurs in the idioms fly off or go off on a tangent, as in The witness was convincing until he went off on a tangent. This expression alludes to the geometric tangent—a line or curve that touches but does not intersect with another line or curve. [Second half of 1700s]

tangent

tangent
see on a tangent.

off at a tangent

On a advance of altercation that is extraneous or aberrant from the affair at hand. Primarily heard in UK. If we accumulate activity off at a tangent, we'll never get through this meeting. It's absurd to get through a chat with my mother because she's consistently activity off at a tangent.Learn more: off, tangent

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