fiddle while Rome burns
verbEtymology
From the ancient rumour that the Roman emperor Nero played a lyre during the Great Fire of Rome (AD 64).
Definitions
To neglect helping when one’s time is needed most
To neglect helping when one’s time is needed most; to ignore the major problem at hand (whilst doing something less important); to be idle, inactive, or uninterested in a time of great need.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for fiddle while Rome burns. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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