KidsOffNauru Archives » Mike Frost https://mikefrost.net/tag/kidsoffnauru/ AUTHOR | SPEAKER | MISSIOLOGIST | AGITATOR Fri, 24 Aug 2018 05:11:54 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 https://i0.wp.com/mikefrost.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cropped-MF.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 KidsOffNauru Archives » Mike Frost https://mikefrost.net/tag/kidsoffnauru/ 32 32 116298986 They’re fiddling while young lives burn https://mikefrost.net/theyre-fiddling-while-young-lives-burn/ https://mikefrost.net/theyre-fiddling-while-young-lives-burn/#comments Fri, 24 Aug 2018 03:47:08 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=28146 To fiddle while Rome burns (idiomatic) To neglect helping when one’s time is needed most; to ignore the major problem at hand (whilst doing something less important); to be idle, inactive, or uninterested in a time of great need.   The Emperor Nero certainly did not play the fiddle during the great fire that ravaged […]

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