beside the point

Off the subject; about something different.

/What you meant to do is beside the point; the fact is you didn't do it./

/The judge told the witness that his remarks were beside the point./

Compare: BEAT AROUND THE BUSH, NEITHER HERE NOR THERE.

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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