rabbit hole

noun

: a complexly bizarre or difficult state or situation conceived of as a hole into which one falls or descends

I wanted to show this woman descending into the rabbit hole: this loss of self, becoming a servant to her job and to the work.

Jessica Chastain

especially : one in which the pursuit of something (such as an answer or solution) leads to other questions, problems, or pursuits

While trying to find the picture again on Google, I fell down the Cosmo rabbit hole, scrolling through a gallery of swimwear, then through "How to Be Sexier-Instantly" and then through all 23 slides of "Sexy Ideas for Long Hair."

Edith Zimmerman

Because it is so early on in this work it is easy to say that we are either at the edge of a remarkable new and useful science or that we are careering down an environmental rabbit hole.

Jack Hitt

In the season-two premiere of HBO's Westworld, viewers were again tossed down a rabbit hole filled with theories, where one open door leads to many more closed ones.

Josh Wigler and Zoe Haylock

Example Sentences

shoreline residents are finding themselves helplessly falling down a rabbit hole in their Sisyphean efforts to halt beach erosion

Recent Examples on the Web What led you down this rabbit hole in the first place?

Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2022 Perhaps, but sentimentality isn’t a good enough reason to go down this particular rabbit hole again.

cleveland, 21 Dec. 2021 Our conversation sends me down a different sort of rabbit hole, which involves the massive and unwitting exposure of companies to disinformation via programmatic advertising.

Jeffrey M. O'brien, Fortune, 2 June 2022 After going down the Twitter rabbit hole — for science — the most popular fan theory seems to anticipate a Drake feature on Swift’s next rerecorded album.

Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2022 But Collette relied on Campos’ knowledge and the scripts to prepare for the role instead of venturing down the rabbit hole herself.

Hunter Ingram, Variety, 6 Aug. 2022 Perhaps predictably, given the tendency of conspiracy thinking to reproduce itself, Hoback seems to have lost a sense of proportion and of relative interest in his time in the rabbit hole.

Daniel D'addario, chicagotribune.com, 15 Mar. 2021 XOXO Bella Go down the rabbit hole with your dog in these matching Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum outfits.

Samantha Lawyer, Woman's Day, 5 July 2022 Wondering why [that is] led me down a rabbit hole of investigating the cultural obsession with true crime.

Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2022 See More

单词	rabbit hole
释义	rabbit hole noun : a complexly bizarre or difficult state or situation conceived of as a hole into which one falls or descends I wanted to show this woman descending into the rabbit hole: this loss of self, becoming a servant to her job and to the work. Jessica Chastain especially : one in which the pursuit of something (such as an answer or solution) leads to other questions, problems, or pursuits While trying to find the picture again on Google, I fell down the Cosmo rabbit hole, scrolling through a gallery of swimwear, then through "How to Be Sexier-Instantly" and then through all 23 slides of "Sexy Ideas for Long Hair." Edith Zimmerman Because it is so early on in this work it is easy to say that we are either at the edge of a remarkable new and useful science or that we are careering down an environmental rabbit hole. Jack Hitt In the season-two premiere of HBO's Westworld, viewers were again tossed down a rabbit hole filled with theories, where one open door leads to many more closed ones. Josh Wigler and Zoe Haylock Synonyms bind box catch-22 corner dilemma fix hole impasse jackpot [chiefly West] jam mire pickle predicament quagmire rattrap spot sticky wicket swamp See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences shoreline residents are finding themselves helplessly falling down a rabbit hole in their Sisyphean efforts to halt beach erosion Recent Examples on the Web What led you down this rabbit hole in the first place? Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2022 Perhaps, but sentimentality isn’t a good enough reason to go down this particular rabbit hole again. cleveland, 21 Dec. 2021 Our conversation sends me down a different sort of rabbit hole, which involves the massive and unwitting exposure of companies to disinformation via programmatic advertising. Jeffrey M. O'brien, Fortune, 2 June 2022 After going down the Twitter rabbit hole — for science — the most popular fan theory seems to anticipate a Drake feature on Swift’s next rerecorded album. Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2022 But Collette relied on Campos’ knowledge and the scripts to prepare for the role instead of venturing down the rabbit hole herself. Hunter Ingram, Variety, 6 Aug. 2022 Perhaps predictably, given the tendency of conspiracy thinking to reproduce itself, Hoback seems to have lost a sense of proportion and of relative interest in his time in the rabbit hole. Daniel D'addario, chicagotribune.com, 15 Mar. 2021 XOXO Bella Go down the rabbit hole with your dog in these matching Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum outfits. Samantha Lawyer, Woman's Day, 5 July 2022 Wondering why [that is] led me down a rabbit hole of investigating the cultural obsession with true crime. Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2022 See More Word History Etymology from the rabbit hole that Alice enters in Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland First Known Use 1938, in the meaning defined above rabbit hole noun as in dilemma a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape shoreline residents are finding themselves helplessly falling down a rabbit hole in their Sisyphean efforts to halt beach erosion Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance dilemma pickle predicament hole kettle of fish swamp bind corner sticky wicket jam hot water difficulty box impasse spot fix quagmire crisis jackpot mire rattrap plight soup node catch-22 trouble emergency pinch quandary halt deadlock scrape strait clutch standstill crossroad exigency stalemate juncture logjam
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