What's that got to do with the price of fish?

English United Kingdom

Expression USED On Occasion BY Some People

Used when someone says something completely irrelevant to the conversation. The fixed phrase is "What's that got to do with the price of ___" but the item could be fish, bacon, chips, or many other things.

"What do you think about the new sports centre?" "Ye I think the weather has been quite good today." "What's that got to do with the price of fish? I was talking about the sports centre."

"What do you think about the new sports centre?" "Ye I think the weather has been quite good today." "What's that got to do with what I said? I was talking about the sports centre."