be beside the point
be beside the point
To be tangential or insignificant. I do love the apartment, but that's beside the point because I don't have enough money for a security deposit right now. Your weekend plans are beside the point—let's get back to the topic at hand.
See also: beside, point
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- beside the point
- beside the mark
- beside the question
- don't spend it all in one place
- dinky
- not the half of
- not the half of it/(something)
- not insignificant
- picker
- nit-picker