be beside the point

CONNECTED WITHto not be directly connected with the main subject or problem that you are talking about 离题，与主题无关

He’s very charming, but that’s beside the point.

他很有魅力，但那是题外话了。

Examples from the Corpus

be beside the point• It's unrealistic, but that's beside the point - it's just good entertainment.• But the pedigree of this idea is beside the point.• But to criticize Mr Hall's production as an exercise in fuddy-duddy Shakespeare is beside the point.• He may manufacture these life units as required and he may simply have a given supply: that is beside the point.• She had come to no harm, but that was beside the point.• This semantic distinction is beside the point; the special admissions program is undeniably a classification based on race and ethnic back-ground.• What the outcome of seeing him might be is beside the point.

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