What you meant to do is beside the point; the fact is you didn't do it.
The judge told the witness that his remarks were beside the point.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
beside the question — index immaterial, impertinent (irrelevant), irrelevant, nonessential Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
beside the question — is irrelevant, is not related to the issue … English contemporary dictionary
beside the point — or[beside the question] {adj.} or {adv. phr.} Off the subject; about something different. * /What you meant to do is beside the point; the fact is you didn t do it./ * /The judge told the witness that his remarks were beside the point./ Compare:… … Dictionary of American idioms
beside the point — or[beside the question] {adj.} or {adv. phr.} Off the subject; about something different. * /What you meant to do is beside the point; the fact is you didn t do it./ * /The judge told the witness that his remarks were beside the point./ Compare:… … Dictionary of American idioms
beside\ the\ point — • beside the point • beside the question adj or adv. phr. Off the subject; about something different. What you meant to do is beside the point; the fact is you didn t do it. The judge told the witness that his remarks were beside the point.… … Словарь американских идиом
beside the point — Synonyms and related words: adrift, amiss, astray, below the mark, beside the mark, beside the question, bootlessly, extraneous, extrinsic, far from it, fruitlessly, immaterial, impertinent, in vain, inadmissible, inapplicable, inapposite,… … Moby Thesaurus
The Vatican — The Vatican † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Vatican This subject will be treated under the following heads: I. Introduction; II. Architectural History of the Vatican Palace; III. Description of the Palace; IV. Description of the… … Catholic encyclopedia
question — [kwes′chən, kwes′tyən] n. [ME < Anglo Fr questiun < OFr question < L quaestio < pp. of quaerere, to ask, inquire] 1. an asking; inquiry 2. something that is asked; interrogative sentence, as in seeking to learn or in testing another s … English World dictionary
question — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. problem, subject; query, interrogation; doubt, dispute. See inquiry. v. t. interrogate, examine, cross examine, quiz; dispute, challenge, doubt. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A query] Syn. inquiry, inquiring … English dictionary for students
question — See: BEG THE QUESTION, BESIDE THE POINT or BESIDE THE QUESTION, BEYOND QUESTION also WITHOUT QUESTION, CALL IN QUESTION, IN QUESTION, INTO QUESTION, OUT OF THE QUESTION, POP THE QUESTION … Dictionary of American idioms
