go too far afield

In a spot like this don't go too far afield for help.

It is possible to escape from the British winter without going too far afield.

Go too far afield, and you lose the whole aviator spirit.

Do not think, Watson, that I am going too far afield in asking these questions.

That taught us not to go too far afield from what the Smucker's name is associated with."

The first thing that occurs to most people planning a long weekend is not to go too far afield: a few hours' drive at most.

"This examination has gone too far afield.

He wouldn't break in unless they went too far afield, wherever that was, or he simply wanted to join in on the conversation.

But meanwhile, my missus needs her nourishment, and I can't go too far afield to fetch it, neither."

And when he suggested Anna Deavere Smith and asked if that was going too far afield, we said, no, not at all.

Don't go too far afield."

"We shouldn't be going too far afield from the scope of our presentation," said Representative Charles T. Canady, Republican of Florida.

Williams also told The Village Voice in 1973 that Suddenly, Last Summer went too far afield from his original play and "made [him] throw up".

Mr. Whitmore said the company, which is best known for its photographic film in yellow boxes, had gone too far afield in developing new lines of business and in acquisitions.

At times he slipped into bagpipe tonalities, turning a cycle of microtones; but before going too far afield he would return for a fresh lungful of melody to set him off again.

If your safari does not provide you with enough of the outdoors, or you have come to Nairobi for other reasons, two excursions will give you a sense of Kenya's wildlife without going too far afield.

'The Rada'Han will prevent you from going too far afield; we must be able to find you, but the limit is a good number of miles in a radius around the Palace of the Prophets.'

"I shan't deny that listening to a pack of bishops argue is among my least favorite occupations - or that I should prefer you didn't go too far afield, this close to Meara," he said neutrally.

Mr. Winwood, on the other hand, stuck to a more traditional style: solos gave the musicians a chance to shine (or show off), but these excursions never went too far afield, and after each one the band would return to a simple theme.

But Mr. Tartikoff also conceded that the baby-boom viewers - all 75 million of them - remain the biggest prize, and that he doesn't have to go too far afield to discern what will appeal to them: "It's not a reach for me as a programmer - or my staff, who are primarily in their late 20's and 30's.