The French expression “sauter du coq à l’âne” translates literally to “to jump from the rooster to the donkey”.
English meaning:
- to be all over the place
- to go from one subject to another
French meaning:
- passer d’un sujet à un autre – to passe from one subject to another
- changer de sujet – to change the subject
Example sentence:
- J’aime écouter mon professor mais le problème c’est qu’il saute du coq à l’âne. I like to listen to my professor but the problem is that he jumps from one subject to another.
