大難臨頭的時(shí)候，如果你沒有諸葛亮的氣定神閑，就趕快去著手解決問題吧！千萬不敢“to fiddle while Rome burns”（事情都火燒眉頭了，還抓些無關(guān)痛癢的細(xì)枝末節(jié)）。
“To fiddle while Rome burns”最早可追溯到古羅馬時(shí)代。
那時(shí)羅馬暴君尼羅曾經(jīng)縱火焚城，并且一邊觀火一邊拉小提琴，所以這個(gè)片語后常用來形容某些官員不體恤百姓疾苦、對(duì)大事（棘手事）漠不關(guān)心，看例句：
The local government fiddled while Rome burned, doing nothing about crime, poverty and pollution. (地方政府不解決犯罪、貧困和污染這等大事，卻在無關(guān)痛癢的細(xì)節(jié)上瞎忙。)
日常生活中，你也可用“to fiddle while Rome burns”來形容伙伴對(duì)火燒眉頭的大事置之不理，卻在小節(jié)上費(fèi)時(shí)費(fèi)工，再看個(gè)例句：
The account was falling through, but he was more worried about missing his golf game--talk about fiddling while Rome burns! （他真是不分輕重！眼看要破產(chǎn)了，他還在瞎談著為輸高爾夫球而難過。）
“To fiddle while Rome burns”最早可追溯到古羅馬時(shí)代。
那時(shí)羅馬暴君尼羅曾經(jīng)縱火焚城，并且一邊觀火一邊拉小提琴，所以這個(gè)片語后常用來形容某些官員不體恤百姓疾苦、對(duì)大事（棘手事）漠不關(guān)心，看例句：
The local government fiddled while Rome burned, doing nothing about crime, poverty and pollution. (地方政府不解決犯罪、貧困和污染這等大事，卻在無關(guān)痛癢的細(xì)節(jié)上瞎忙。)
日常生活中，你也可用“to fiddle while Rome burns”來形容伙伴對(duì)火燒眉頭的大事置之不理，卻在小節(jié)上費(fèi)時(shí)費(fèi)工，再看個(gè)例句：
The account was falling through, but he was more worried about missing his golf game--talk about fiddling while Rome burns! （他真是不分輕重！眼看要破產(chǎn)了，他還在瞎談著為輸高爾夫球而難過。）