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Che cosa significa the interviewer went to a location off the beaten track ?
Che cosa significa the interviewer went to a location off the beaten track ?
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- Inglese (Stati Uniti)
The phrase is, "off the beaten path." It's an allusion to hiking, where most people follow the trail. The trail is the beaten path, as it's been worn by many other people's feet. If you get off the beaten path, you are discovering things others haven't and deciding your own way forward. Imagine you were hiking, if you got off the trail and went wandering into the trees, you'd be seeing things fewer people have seen and, with no trail guiding you, the direction of every step is up to you.
In your example, they are speaking more literally (indicated by stating they went to a location), so the interviewer physically went to a place that is less commonly visited. For example, if I were to visit Spain and not do any of the typical tourist attractions, I've gotten off the beaten path. If interviewers typically speak to people in cities, interviewing rural people is getting off the beaten path.
More figuratively, an interviewer going off the beaten path means they asked questions or took the interview in a direction that is uncommon. For instance, if you were interviewing a football player, asking him about the economy would be getting off the beaten path.
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- Inglese (Stati Uniti)
out of the ordinary: a location that is unmarked, far away
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The phrase is, "off the beaten path." It's an allusion to hiking, where most people follow the trail. The trail is the beaten path, as it's been worn by many other people's feet. If you get off the beaten path, you are discovering things others haven't and deciding your own way forward. Imagine you were hiking, if you got off the trail and went wandering into the trees, you'd be seeing things fewer people have seen and, with no trail guiding you, the direction of every step is up to you.
In your example, they are speaking more literally (indicated by stating they went to a location), so the interviewer physically went to a place that is less commonly visited. For example, if I were to visit Spain and not do any of the typical tourist attractions, I've gotten off the beaten path. If interviewers typically speak to people in cities, interviewing rural people is getting off the beaten path.
More figuratively, an interviewer going off the beaten path means they asked questions or took the interview in a direction that is uncommon. For instance, if you were interviewing a football player, asking him about the economy would be getting off the beaten path.
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