Irse por las ramas

To beat around the bush / To go off on a tangent

Idioms & Sayings

Notes & Usage:

Literally 'to go off into the branches'. Describes someone who avoids the main point by talking about unrelated or peripheral things.

Deja de irte por las ramas y dime lo que pasó.

Stop beating around the bush and tell me what happened.

Se fue por las ramas y nunca llegó al punto principal.

He went off on a tangent and never got to the main point.

—¿Qué querías decirme? —Nada, que te vas por las ramas.

—What did you want to tell me? —That you keep beating around the bush.

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