fiddle while rome burns
1fiddle while Rome burns — To occupy oneself with trifles during a crisis • • • Main Entry: ↑fiddle * * * fiddle while Rome burns phrase to be busy doing unimportant things when you should be dealing with an important problem Thesaurus: to waste time, or to pass time doing …
2fiddle while rome burns — If people are fiddling while Rome burns, they are wasting their time on futile things while problems threaten to destroy them …
3fiddle while Rome burns — ► fiddle while Rome burns be concerned with trivial matters while ignoring the serious events going on around one. Main Entry: ↑fiddle …
4fiddle while Rome burns — If people are fiddling while Rome burns, they are wasting their time on futile things while problems threaten to destroy them. (Dorking School Dictionary) …
5Fiddle while Rome burns — If people are fiddling while Rome burns, they are wasting their time on futile things while problems threaten to destroy them …
6fiddle while Rome burns — to spend time enjoying yourself or doing things that are not important when you should be dealing with a serious problem. Environmentalists claim that the government is fiddling while Rome burns …
7fiddle while Rome burns — be concerned with relatively trivial matters while ignoring the serious events going on around one. → fiddle …
8fiddle while Rome burns — v. handle issues that are not really important and neglect important ones during a crisis …
9fiddle while Rome burns — to be busy doing unimportant things when you should be dealing with an important problem …
10fiddle — ► NOUN 1) informal a violin. 2) informal, chiefly Brit. an act of fraud or cheating. 3) informal an unnecessarily intricate or awkward task. ► VERB informal 1) touch or fidget with something restlessly or nervously. 2) chiefly Brit. falsify… …
