"Go off on a tangent" nghĩa là gì?


"Go off on a tangent" -> nghĩa là đi chệch ra ngoài vấn đề đang bàn; đi chệch ra khỏi nếp nghĩ hằng ngày; lạc đề.

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I now go to a new, more responsible chiropractor (người chữa bệnh bằng phương pháp nắn khớp xương). However, I’ll go to my M.D. for advice on vaccine, disease and immunology (miễn dịch). It distresses (làm lo lắng) me that a profession that has done me and many others so much good has allowed a minority of its practitioners to go off on a tangent of misinformation. 

He is friendly, funny, frank: as likely to apologise for his snoring dog in the background as he is to go off on a tangent about radio presenting (when he speak, he is in the midst of sitting in for Jo Whiley’s BBC Radio 2 show).

‘Deliver your message in a clear and concise (ngắn gọn) manner,’ advises Salman. ‘To encourage listening you have to value the recipient’s time. ‘This means that you should try not to go off on a tangent or an unrelated story.

Additionally, job seekers should not go off on a tangent or delve (nghiên cứu sâu) too deep into irrelevant details of their stories. These things distract the interviewer and weaken the message that they are trying to deliver.

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