She went off into tangents
Posted: March 1, 2013 Filed under: tangents | Tags: blended idioms, expressions, humor, language, malaphors, mixed idioms, off in space, off target, tangents, words Leave a commentThis one was uttered by a daughter describing her teacher to her mother. It is a mash up of “off on a tangent” and ” off into space”. As “my ol’ pal” notes, being “off target” might also play in the mix here. Thanks to Frances for this one!
English: law of tangents – sketch. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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