what does that have to do with the price of tea in China

English

Phrase

(deprecated template usage) what does that have to do with the price of tea in China?

1. (rhetorical question, colloquial, sarcastic) A comment used to indicate that a previous comment is irrelevant or unimportant.

   A: "I read that Wi-Fi radiation kills the cells of the body." – B: "What medications are you taking?" – A: "And what does that have to do with the price of tea in China?"

   • 1972, American School Counselor Association, The School counselor, volume 20, page 7:

     My reaction is "What does this have to do with the price of tea in China?"

   • 2000, United States Senate, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Agricultural trade options: hearing before the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry‎^[1], →ISBN , page 103:

     "To quote the old saying, what does that have to do with the price of tea in China...? Talk about totally irrelevant."

Translations

a comment used to indicate that a previous comment is irrelevant or unimportant

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 八竿子打不著 (bā gānzi dǎbùzháo), 八竿子打不着 (bā gānzi dǎ bù zháo), 風馬牛不相及／风马牛不相及 (zh) (fēng mǎ niú bù xiāngjí), 风马牛不相及 (zh) (fēng mǎ niú bù xiāng jí), 驢唇不對馬嘴／驴唇不对马嘴 (zh) (lǘchún bù duì mǎzuǐ), 驴唇不对马嘴 (zh) (lǘchún bùduì mǎzuǐ)

• French: quel rapport avec la choucroute, aucun rapport avec la choucroute (fr)
• Galician: e iso que ten que ver?
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• Hebrew: מה עניין שמיטה אצל הר סיני
• Persian: چه ربطی داشت به ٢٢ بهمن؟ (če rabti dâšt be 22-(e) Bahman?), چه ربطی داشت به دهه فجر؟ (če rabti dâšt be Dahe-(ye) Fajr?)
• Polish: co ma piernik do wiatraka (pl), gdzie Rzym, gdzie Krym (pl)
• Russian: в огоро́де — бузина́, а в Ки́еве — дя́дька (v ogoróde — buziná, a v Kíjeve — djádʹka) ((There's) elderberry in the vegetable garden but an uncle in Kiev)
• Spanish: qué tienen que ver los cojones con comer trigo (es) (Spain, colloquial), ¿De dónde vienes? Manzanas traigo