都火烧眉头了，你还 …… ！
<p>大难临头的时候，如果你没有诸葛亮的气定神闲，就赶快去着手解决问题吧！千万不敢“<span word="to">to</span> <span word="fiddle">fiddle</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="Rome">Rome</span> <span word="burns">burns</span>”（事情都火烧眉头了，还抓些无关痛痒的细枝末节）。 “<span word="To">To</span> <span word="fiddle">fiddle</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="Rome">Rome</span> <span word="burns">burns</span>”最早可追溯到古罗马时代。那时罗马暴君尼罗曾经纵火焚城，并且一边观火一边拉小提琴，所以这个片语后常用来形容某些官员不体恤百姓疾苦、对大事（棘手事）漠不关心，看例句：</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="fiddled">fiddled</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="Rome">Rome</span> <span word="burned">burned</span>, <span word="doing">doing</span> <span word="nothing">nothing</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="crime">crime</span>, <span word="poverty">poverty</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="pollution">pollution</span>. (地方政府不解决犯罪、贫困和污染这等大事，却在无关痛痒的细节上瞎忙。)</p><p>日常生活中，你也可用“<span word="to">to</span> <span word="fiddle">fiddle</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="Rome">Rome</span> <span word="burns">burns</span>”来形容伙伴对火烧眉头的大事置之不理，却在小节上费时费工，再看个例句：</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="account">account</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="falling">falling</span> <span word="through">through</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="worried">worried</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="missing">missing</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="golf">golf</span> <span word="game">game</span>--<span word="talk">talk</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="fiddling">fiddling</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="Rome">Rome</span> <span word="burns">burns</span>! （他真是不分轻重！眼看要破产了，他还在瞎谈着为输高尔夫球而难过。）</p>
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