“Go down a rabbit hole”
Daily lifeالتعريف
أن تنخرط بعمق في موضوع ما وتقضي عليه وقتاً أطول مما كان مخططاً له.
English: To become deeply involved in a topic and spend more time on it than intended.
أمثلة
أمثلة
1 / 2“I went down a rabbit hole reading about the history of coffee.”
لقد أمضيت وقتاً أطول بكثير مما كنت أنوي في قراءة تاريخ القهوة.
Use this idiom in context
Rewrite this example in plain English without the idiom. Preserve who is speaking, the time and the meaning.
I went down a rabbit hole reading about the history of coffee.Compare with the original example
I went down a rabbit hole reading about the history of coffee.
لقد أمضيت وقتاً أطول بكثير مما كنت أنوي في قراءة تاريخ القهوة.
Write a two-line conversation using “Go down a rabbit hole”. Make the situation clear enough that a reader can infer the meaning. Then replace the idiom with a plain-English explanation: does your conversation still mean the same thing?
Check the expression in a dictionaryالأسئلة المتكررة
- What does "Go down a rabbit hole" mean?
- "Go down a rabbit hole" means أن تنخرط بعمق في موضوع ما وتقضي عليه وقتاً أطول مما كان مخططاً له.
- How do you use "Go down a rabbit hole" in a sentence?
- Example: "I went down a rabbit hole reading about the history of coffee."
- Should I interpret "Go down a rabbit hole" word for word?
- Understand the expression as a whole. Use the definition and example to learn its meaning rather than translating each word separately.