Meaning of price of eggs | Babel Free

Definitions

Something that is relevant or important, usually used to emphasize that another, compared thing is irrelevant, unimportant, or non sequitur.

idiomatic, uncountable

Examples

“2002, Sharon Elizabeth Doyle, "The Mother Hunt, Part 1", episode of A Nero Wolfe Mystery (teleplay). "What has that got to do with the price of eggs in Reykjavik?"”

“"As to what all that has to do with the price of eggs, as they say, I'm not sure, which is why I called for a detour."”

“"And besides, the question had "nothing to do with the 'price of eggs'."”

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