Idiom
start a fresh hare
Meaning
To divert a discussion or argument from its conclusion.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Don't start a fresh hare while we are discussing the budget.”
“She starts a fresh hare to avoid answering my direct question.”
“Please do not start a fresh hare when we are so close to finishing.”
“Just as we reached a decision, he started a fresh hare to distract everyone from the main problem.”
“You always start a fresh hare about the housework whenever I try to talk to you about our monthly savings plan.”
“The manager started a fresh hare about the new office furniture because he did not want to explain the recent project delays.”
“I was ready to sign the contract until my lawyer started a fresh hare regarding a minor detail in the third paragraph.”
“The politician started a fresh hare during the debate, successfully shifting the audience's focus away from his previous policy failures.”
Examples
simple
“Don't start a fresh hare while we are discussing the budget.”
“She starts a fresh hare to avoid answering my direct question.”
“Please do not start a fresh hare when we are so close to finishing.”
contextual
“Just as we reached a decision, he started a fresh hare to distract everyone from the main problem.”
“You always start a fresh hare about the housework whenever I try to talk to you about our monthly savings plan.”
“The manager started a fresh hare about the new office furniture because he did not want to explain the recent project delays.”
“I was ready to sign the contract until my lawyer started a fresh hare regarding a minor detail in the third paragraph.”
complex
“The politician started a fresh hare during the debate, successfully shifting the audience's focus away from his previous policy failures.”
Origin
The idiom arises as an extension of the earlier phrase to start a hare, derived from the vocabulary of the hunt. It denotes the act of flushing a new animal from cover, thereby diverting the hounds from their original quarry and onto a different scent.
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