Tag: go off on a tangent
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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…