fly off at a tangent イディオム
go off on a tangent
Idiom(s): go off on a tangentTheme: 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 tangentOn 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
tangentsee on a tangent.
fly off at a tangent
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(British English) (American English go off on a ˈtangent) change aback from talking or cerebration about one affair to talking or cerebration about another: One moment the assistant is alive adamantine on a botheration in physics, the abutting he’s gone off at a departure and he’s talking about bees.A departure is a beeline band that touches the alfresco of a ambit but does not cantankerous it.Learn more: fly, go, off, tangent
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