rabbit hole

1. (figuratively, usually)A bizarre world, where everyday rules do not apply.

   Trip, Wunderland, Nonsenswelt

2. (figuratively, usually)A way into such a world.

   These mushrooms will take you down the rabbit hole, man.

3. (broadly, figuratively)A time-consuming tangent or detour, often one from which it is difficult to extricate oneself.

   Near-synonym: rabbit trail (regiolectic)

   I'm also a fan of a really obscure book series, but that's a rabbit hole that we won't get into.

   Abschweifung, Abstecher, Nebengleis

4. (figuratively)The initial clue that leads to an alternate reality game.

5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rabbit, hole. The entrance to a rabbit warren or burrow; the whole warren or burrow.

   Kaninchenloch, Kaninchenhöhle, Kaninchenbau

1. That's a whole other rabbit hole.

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2. I fell down a rabbit hole.

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3. Have your ever followed the White Rabbit to its hole?

   Ви коли-небудь ішли за Білим Кроликом до його нори?

   ruДоводилось ли тебе следовать за Белым Кроликом в его нору?

   deBist du dem weißen Kaninchen je zu seinem Bau gefolgt?

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4. There are rabbit droppings in front of the rabbit hole.

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5. It's a rabbit hole.

   deDas ist ein Kaninchenbau.

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