not paying attention.

Why was our government asleep at the wheel when the crisis began?

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of asleep at the wheel (= sleeping while driving a vehicle)

• break the news
• break up
• break up with
• break up with someone
• break wind
• break with
• break with someone
• break with something
• break with tradition
• break word
• break your back
• break your fall
• break your heart
• break your word
• breast-beating
• breathe a sigh of relief
• breathe a word
• breathe down neck
• breathe down someone's neck
• breathe down your neck
• breathe easy
• breathe fire
• breathe last
• breathe life into
• breathe life into something