fall / slip through / between the cracks

/fˈɔːl slˈɪp θɹuː bɪtwˌiːn ðə kɹˈaks/

/fˈɔːl slˈɪp θɹuː bɪtwˌiːn ðə kɹˈæks/

[phrase]

to fall / slip through / between the cracks

[PHRASE]

(of one's statement or request) to be completely ignored

Examples

1. Moreover, it is a movement that is all-embracive, all-inclusive and all about ensuring no one falls between the cracks.

2. This was reported last week by NBC News and CNN but it fell between the cracks that were the covfefe tweet and the abandonment of the Paris Climate Accord and it got no traction and it is kind of important.

3. I mean, that's very low resolution creativity if you're thinking about you've got five styles, and there's so much that falls between the cracks of all those.

4. So I think of it as kind of an overlapping area between growth and value, where the growth rates are higher than value investors are used to, the prices are cheaper than growth investors are used to, and the names kind of fall through the cracks there.