Last Updated：2024/08/04

when you're up to your neck in alligators, it's hard to remember that your initial objective was to drain the swamp

Source Word

when you're up to your neck in alligators, it's hard to remember that your initial objective was to drain the swamp

Japanese Meaning

最初に掲げた目的が見失われ、細かい事柄や本筋から外れたタスクにとらわれること / 当初の目標よりも、付随するあるいは些細な作業に執着して、主要な意図が薄れてしまう状態

Sense（1）

when you're up to your neck in alligators

（ canonical ）

it's hard to remember that your initial objective was to drain the swamp

（ canonical ）