“The boss seems to be … while Rome burns. He is going out to lunches, having meetings, talking about proposals as well as everything else he usually does. Meanwhile, the company is going bankrupt since we didn’t keep up with the ever-changing technology,” Laurie said to Morgan.
(a) building
(b) sleeping
(c) fiddling
(d) eating
ESL/EFL Test #348 [color=blue]“English Slang Idioms (69)”, answer 8
“The boss seems to be fiddling while Rome burns. He is going out to lunches, having meetings, talking about proposals as well as everything else he usually does. Meanwhile, the company is going bankrupt since we didn’t keep up with the ever-changing technology,” Laurie said to Morgan.
Correct answer: (c) fiddling
“The boss seems to be sleeping while Rome burns. He is going out to lunches, having meetings, talking about proposals as well as everything else he usually does. Meanwhile, the company is going bankrupt since we didn’t keep up with the ever-changing technology,” Laurie said to Morgan.
Does to be fiddling mean to take something for granted, that’s to say,to defy something?