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minus-squarenumberfour002@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoTechnically, there were no rails to begin with. So, if the conversation was never on the the non-existent rails, it certainly could not have gone off them.
minus-squaremorrowindlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months ago“Off the rails” is clearly an idiom in this scenario, and the “rails” are a metaphor for the original line ideation, which has been lost.
Technically, there were no rails to begin with. So, if the conversation was never on the the non-existent rails, it certainly could not have gone off them.
“Off the rails” is clearly an idiom in this scenario, and the “rails” are a metaphor for the original line ideation, which has been lost.