fiddling while Rome burns


to occupy oneself with unimportant matters and neglect priorities during a crisis.

origin: (the source of this phrase is the story that nero played the fiddle (violin) while rome burned during the great fire in ad 64).
duskins: “just waiting for the time to be ideal!”
zavah: “that time is never going to exist,why are you fiddling while rome burns?”
duskins: . . . “oh f—.” >_<

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