andare in palo in frasca
Parola del giorno | Word of the day
Today's Parola del Giorno is the verb expression andare di palo in frasca, which means to go from one subject to another.
See the expression used below:
La professoressa ha detto che la nostra presentazione non era ben strutturata: non abbiamo sviluppato bene il tema assegnatoci ma1 siamo andati di palo in frasca con gli argomenti. Per questo motivo, ci ha detto che il lavoro non è stato sufficiente.
The teacher said our presentation was not well structured: we didn't develop the themes assigned to us well and went from one subject to another with the subject matter. Because of this she told us the work was not sufficient.
*While the conjunction ma can mean "but" or "yet," it can also be used to mean "and" when the goal is to emphasize or reinforce an idea (that the presentation was not that good).