slip through the cracks

To go unnoticed or undealt with; to be unintentionally neglected or ignored, especially in a corporate, political, or social system. With other issues like drug addiction and unemployment taking priority for the government, the welfare of children in the foster system very often slips through the cracks. We were all so busy drawing up the contracts for this new deal that the appreciation dinner we'd promised to our interns simply slipped through the cracks.

词组	slip through the cracks
释义	slip through the cracks slip through the cracks To go unnoticed or undealt with; to be unintentionally neglected or ignored, especially in a corporate, political, or social system. With other issues like drug addiction and unemployment taking priority for the government, the welfare of children in the foster system very often slips through the cracks. We were all so busy drawing up the contracts for this new deal that the appreciation dinner we'd promised to our interns simply slipped through the cracks. See also: crack, slip, through Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: slip between the cracks slip through the net fall through the cracks through the cracks have a loose tongue loose lip(s) loose talk leave good (enough) alone by coincidence coincidence References in periodicals archive A MINOR political party has accused the BBC of allowing voters to 'slip through the cracks in democracy' by not inviting a wider range of parties to televised discussions. Beeb 'not fair' with parties
随便看	pass (someone or something) off (as something else) pass (someone or something) off on (someone) pass (someone or something) over pass someone's lips pass (something) around pass (something) down (to someone) pass (something) in to (one) pass (something) to (one) pass the baton pass the buck pass the buck, to pass the clicker pass the hat pass the hat (around) pass the hat round pass the hat round/around pass the hat, to pass the parcel pass the Rubicon pass the smell test pass the time pass the time of day pass the time of day, to pass the time of day with (someone) pass the torch