asleep at the wheel

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

WING IT

wing it to improvise; to do something extemporaneously. I lost my lecture notes, so I had to wing it. Don't worry. Just go out there and wing it.

FAIR COP

It's a fair cop. (British & Australian very informal) something that you say in order to admit that someone has caught you doing something wrong It's a fair cop. I was driving way too fas