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to fiddle while Rome burn
[play] {one's} [fiddle] while Rome [burn]
to fiddle while rome burn
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bij crisis met bijzaken bezig zijn, het belangrijke negeren
to neglect important issues and handle less important ones instead
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idiom
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Environmentalists claimed governments were fiddling while Rome burned.
We moeten de beveiliging oplossen, niet de decoratie.
