What is the meaning of asleep at the wheel

asleep at the wheel. Failing to attend to one's responsibilities or duties; not doing or paying attention to that which is important or for which one is responsible. Johnson was supposed to make sure the paperwork went through before the deadline, but it looks like he was asleep at the wheel.

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Asleep at the wheel means not attentive, falling short to take care of responsibilities, failed to complete the job.

Explanation:

If a person is asleep at the wheel it means that they are not doing their duties or taking their responsibilities attentively. The idiom 'Asleep at the switch' is its alternative.

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Idioms:

An idiom is a group of words that has a meaning which is not inferable from those individual words used.