slip through the cracks
fall through the cracks
be ignored or unobserved
forgotten, overlooked or neglected
to let something go by without inspection for quality
to forget about one thing in trying to prioritize another
to refer to something that slips out because it was too small to notice or there were other more pressing matters
ignored
overlooked
mismanaged
forgotten
disregarded
The management was so focused on planning for the next year’s budget that they let this issue fall between the cracks.
The criminals of this standard often fall between the cracks because neither are their crimes so severe that they are incarcerated nor are they accepted as any other person in the society.
The chef was so caught up with the broth that he let the salad fall between the cracks.
I am not willing to let this subject fall between the cracks because my major is something else. I’d like to earn good scores for both of them.
In the aviation industry there is very little that can be afforded to have fallen between the cracks.
After the terrible earthquake the hospital was over crowded with injured people and most of them were falling through the cracks.
After the birth of my second child my elder son is falling through the cracks, I need someone who can take care of him right now.
There is no origin for this idiom
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