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fiddle while Rome burns
idiom
to enjoy yourself or continue working as normal and not give any attention to something important and unpleasant that is happening that you should be taking action to prevent: 不管不问，漠不关心
Environmentalists claimed governments were fiddling while Rome burned.环保主义者称政府漠不关心。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Neglecting and ignoring
aside
beneath the/someone's radaridiom
block something out
brush someone/something off
bury/have your head in the sandidiom
ear
lay
let sleeping dogs lieidiom
look straight/right through someoneidiom
lose the dressing roomidiom
lost
lost in the shuffleidiom
nose
slightingly
snub
someone's back is turnedidiom
step
step on someone
stiff-arm
wink
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