IdiomNature
Italian
Italianfuori del seminato
Meaning: Off the point; irrelevant or beside the subject at hand.
Literally: Outside of the sown field
Example: “La risposta era del tutto fuori del seminato.” — The answer was completely beside the point.
English equivalent: Beside the point
Equivalents in other languages
English: beside the point
Origin: The seminato is the sown field, and wandering off it is leaving the cultivated ground for the rough. The Hoepli dictionary records uscire dal seminato for straying from the subject or losing the thread of a discussion.
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