in the weeds
/ɪn ðə wiːdz/
so absorbed in details that one loses sight of the bigger picture
in the weeds in a sentence
“We spent the whole meeting in the weeds on formatting instead of strategy.”
Origin of in the weeds
Restaurant/kitchen slang for being overwhelmed; adopted broadly in business
Related Words
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aware of something and monitoring it
hard stop
a fixed, non-negotiable end time for a meeting
drinking from a firehose
receiving far more information than one can absorb at once
think outside the box
to approach a problem creatively, beyond conventional constraints
boil the ocean
to attempt an impossibly large or unfocused task
seat at the table
inclusion in key decision-making conversations