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The expression was probably already a cliché by the time Charles Kingsley wrote in, All government departments, both national and local, must make cutbacks and inflation is spiralling upwards so to spend pounds 70,000 on this project is just like Nero playing his, For example, we all know the story of the Nero playing his. }] googletag.pubads().setTargeting("cdo_ptl", "entry-mcp"); { bidder: 'criteo', params: { networkId: 7100, publisherSubId: 'cdo_rightslot' }}, var pbjs = pbjs || {}; "authorizationFallbackResponse": { { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971079', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, { bidder: 'criteo', params: { networkId: 7100, publisherSubId: 'cdo_btmslot' }}, For example. { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '387233' }}, The fire began in the merchant shops around Rome's chariot stadium, Circus Maximus, on the night of July 19.After six days, the fire was brought under control, but before the damage could be assessed, the fire reignited and burned for another three days. The phrase refers to the legend of the Roman Emperor Nero playing the lyre as Rome burned down. Be concerned with relatively trivial matters while ignoring the serious or disastrous events going on around one. For example, The account was falling through, but he was more worried about missing his golf game—talk about fiddling while Rome burns! It is said he payed a fiddle while it burned, but he didn't and anyway, fiddles hadn't been invented then. { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971079', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, fiddle while Rome burns. With Reverso you can find the English translation, definition or synonym for to fiddle while Rome burns and thousands of other words. { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_topslot' }}]}, storage: { { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_topslot' }}]}, Occupy oneself with unimportant matters and neglect important ones during a crisis. 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