Tag: go off on a tangent
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At hand
English Idiom: At hand The last two days, I have introduced go off on a tangent and back on track. I have also used the idiom at hand in both of those posts. At hand can have two meanings. One meaning is to be physically close. For example, I live in the countryside, and there…
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Back on track
Idiom: (Get) back on track Let me pick up where I left off yesterday. Of course, after someone taking part in a conversation goes off on a tangent, they have to get back to the subject at hand or get back on track again. To get back on track means to begin talking about the…
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Go off on a Tangent
Idiom: Go off on a tangent Frequently, at ArtisanEnglish.jp, students and I go off on a tangent. This does not mean that we take a trip together; it means that we talk about something unrelated to the matter at hand. Go off on a tangent means to begin talking about something unrelated to the original…
