asleep at the wheel

English

Adjective

asleep at the wheel

  1. Synonym of asleep at the switch.
    • 2025 June 7, Michael Savage, Kiran Stacey, “Ministers accused of being ‘asleep at the wheel’ over UK’s soft power around the world”, in The Guardian‎[1], →ISSN:
      Ministers have been accused of being “asleep at the wheel” over threats to the UK’s soft power around the world, as some of their own advisers warned a funding crisis is undermining key institutions promoting British influence.
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