off the track

hors sujet

Sans rapport avec le sujet dont on devrait parler ou auquel on devrait réfléchir.

En anglais simple : Unrelated to the subject that people should be discussing or thinking about.

• Your answer is off the track.
• We got off the track while discussing our holiday plans.
• That interesting detail takes us off the track.

Synonymes : off topic, irrelevant

Contraires : relevant

Expressions courantes : off the track, get off the track

déraillé, hors des rails

Un train ou autre véhicule ferroviaire a quitté les rails qu'il devait suivre.

En anglais simple : No longer on the rails that a train or railway vehicle should follow.

• The train came off the track.
• Two carriages were off the track after the accident.
• Workers lifted the engine, which had gone off the track.

Synonymes : derailed

Expressions courantes : off the track, come off the track

sur une fausse piste

Une idée ou une explication est erronée et ne mène pas à la bonne réponse.

En anglais simple : If an idea or explanation is wrong, it does not lead to the right answer.

• Your guess is off the track.
• Their reasoning was completely off the track.
• Are we off the track with this explanation?

Synonymes : mistaken, on the wrong track

Contraires : on the right track

Expressions courantes : be off the track, get off the track