get off the subject

There are many ways to say this.

To go off-topic.
To go off at a tangent.
To lose the thread. (esp. of a conversation.)
Imagine Theseus going into the maze to slay the minotaur.
He had a ball of thread to help him find his way. Imagine him losing the thread.

I expect others will give you more examples.

Non-sequitur.

Also:

To disgress
To wander off the point
To not stick to the point
To ramble

Let's return to our muttons (sheep).
http://www.vocaboly.com/forums/ntopic6932.html

He lost the ball from his sight.

Hi,

Welcome to the Forum, Annvan, nice to see you here. Typo, should be digress.

Let's return to our muttons (sheep). I've never heard this one. Sounds extremely old-fashioned to me.

He lost the ball from his sight. The standard expresssion is 'He took his eye off the ba

CliveLet's return to our muttons (sheep). I've never heard this one. Sounds extremely old-fashioned to me.

Of course, it's mentioned in Brewer:
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Revenons à nos moutons. Return we to our subject. The phrase is taken from an old French play, called L’Avocat, by Patelin, in which a woollen-draper c

Hi,

I certainly wouldn't bother to tell my students about something like this. Unless, perhaps, they were shepherds.

Best wishes, Clive

CliveI certainly wouldn't bother to tell my students about something like this. Unless, perhaps, they were shepherds.

I'd say, unless they read Mark Twain:

The $30000 Bequest and Other Stories by Twain, Mark

>Is there another way to say 'getting off the subject'

travel out of the record

Hi,

That's a new one for me, too.

Best wishes, Clive