rabbit hole
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- noun
- /ˈræbɪt hoʊl/
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agujero de conejo
- Mere minutes of digging into that experiment will lead you to an endless rabbit hole of examples.
- fallen into a rabbit hole
- go down a rabbit hole
- tumbling down a rabbit hole
And you go down that rabbit hole of curiosity.
- And you go down that rabbit hole of curiosity.
- And that becomes like a rabbit hole with no end.
- You can go down that rabbit hole all day long.
- This is where we started this like a rabbit hole of trying to find shows.
- So a few of you are kind of into that rabbit hole of blockchain and ether.
- You have no idea how deep this rabbit hole goes.
- We start to get lost down these rabbit holes of doubt, insecurity, fear, guilt.
- You're driving down the rabbit hole all the time.
- So actually, though, that got me going down a rabbit hole I had heard about.
- So fun, fun little rabbit hole to dive down.
Examples
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I am almost complete, and it's like being Alice tumbling down the rabbit hole.
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After starting my research on the topic, I fell down a rabbit hole of information that kept me busy for hours.
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And that becomes like a rabbit hole with no end.
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And we went down that rabbit hole big style.
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So actually, though, that got me going down a rabbit hole I had heard about.
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You can go down that rabbit hole all day long.
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Oh, how how how deep into this rabbit hole do you want to go?
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You can get lost in the rabbit hole... stay focused!
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And you go down that rabbit hole of curiosity.
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And that started the rabbit hole, which I'm still going down now.
Antonyms
How Absorbing
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Surface Forms
Morphology
rabbit + hole
A B1 learner who knows 'rabbit' and 'hole' would most likely infer a literal hole associated with a rabbit and not automatically derive the figurative sense of an absorbing, time-consuming sequence. The figurative meaning is motivated by a cultural/metaphorical reference (Alice in Wonderland) and the idea of 'falling into' a deep hole, so the connection is partially inferable but requires prior exposure to the metaphorical usage.
Etymology
Rabbit hole as a figurative phrase comes from the book 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland', where Alice follows a white rabbit down a deep hole and falls into a strange new world; that's why today saying someone went down a rabbit hole means 'getting lost in a long, absorbing chain of links or ideas and losing track of time'.