“Go down a rabbit hole”
Daily life意味
あるテーマに深く没頭し、当初の予定よりも多くの時間を費やすこと。
English: To become deeply involved in a topic and spend more time on it than intended.
例文
例文
1 / 2“I went down a rabbit hole reading about the history of coffee.”
コーヒーの歴史について読むのに、予定よりもはるかに多くの時間を費やしてしまった。
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.
コーヒーの歴史について読むのに、予定よりもはるかに多くの時間を費やしてしまった。
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 dictionaryよくある質問
- What does "Go down a rabbit hole" mean?
- "Go down a rabbit hole" means あるテーマに深く没頭し、当初の予定よりも多くの時間を費やすこと。.
- 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.