matter at hand
- issuePoint of contention
- topicSubject of discussion
- subjectMatter under discussion
- concernTroubled interest in something
- questionRequest for information
problem · task · business · agenda · focus · point · crux · affair · situation · circumstance · pressing · urgent · relevant · pertinent · discussion · priority · case · detail
relevance and focus
matter at handdigression
Veering off topic
tangent · irrelevancy · distraction · beside the point · side issue
specificity/concreteness
matter at handbig picture
Overall perspective on things
abstract principle · generality · pie in the sky · idle speculation · blue-sky thinking