English-Danish translations for by the way

• forresten
  Da var fru Thatcher forresten medlem af Det Europæiske Råd. By the way, Mrs Thatcher was a member of the European Council then.
  Forresten - jeg kan kun tale for mig selv, men jeg er ikke bureaukrat, jeg er et direkte valgt medlem af Parlamentet. By the way, I can only speak for myself, but I am no bureaucrat - I am a directly elected member of this House.
  Forresten forelagde Irland også sin nationale tildelingsplan den 13. juli, og Irland var ikke blandt de lande, De nævnte. By the way, Ireland also submitted its NAP on 13 July and you did not mention its name in the countries that you read out.
• for resten
  Jeg mener for resten, De har gjort et godt stykke arbejde. By the way, I think you have done great work.
  Det samme angår for resten forsikringspræmier. The same applies, by the way, to insurance premiums.
  For resten var denne facilitet en nyskabelse, min forgænger indførte. By the way, this facility was an innovation by my predecessor.

Definition of by the way

• Incidentally; a parenthetical statement not timely, central, or crucial to the topic at hand; foregone, passed by, something that has already happened
• Irrelevantly, off-topic.

Examples

• His mother will be coming for dinner tomorrow, and, by the way, she volunteered to bring dessert

Related words

• fall by the wayside
• oh by the way
• throw the baby out with the bathwater
• throw out the baby with the bathwater
• throw the baby out with bathwater