English Dictionary
Definition (going) down the rabbit hole in British English
(going) down the rabbit hole phrase
phraseFrom Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, a famous children’s story by Lewis Carroll in which a girl called Alice falls down a rabbit hole into a strange dreamlike world.
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used for referring to a situation that is strange, confusing, or illogical, and often hard to escape from
Example
Quoting from the people themselves is the easiest way of showing just how far down the rabbit hole we are going here.
