asleep at the wheel

not paying attention asleep at the switch Why was our government asleep at the wheel when the crisis began?

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of asleep at the wheel (sleeping while driving a vehicle)

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Steffie	-	German (Rare)
Viktorija	-	Lithuanian, Latvian, Macedonian, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Tobias	to-BEE-ahs (German), tə-BIE-əs (English)	Biblical, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
JacÓ	-	Portuguese
Ogden	AWG-dən	English
Michela	mee-KE-lah	Italian