Fall Through the Cracks

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🗓️ Idiom: Fall Through the Cracks (v)

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💬 Meaning

• To be forgotten or missed by mistake.
• It means something or someone is not noticed or taken care of.

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🧠 Example Sentences

• One of the customer orders fell through the cracks during the system update.
• Make sure the urgent shipments don’t fall through the cracks.
• Some small suppliers fall through the cracks when we only focus on the big contracts.

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🏛️ Origin

This idiom comes from the idea of small objects falling through gaps or cracks in a surface and being lost. In business, it refers to tasks, people, or items that are overlooked or not handled properly.

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📝 Practice Exercises

1. Fill in the blank:

We need a better tracking system so that no orders __________ during busy periods.

Answer

fall through the cracks

2. Choose the correct meaning of “fall through the cracks”:

A) To be noticed quickly
B) To be delayed on purpose
C) To be missed or forgotten by mistake
D) To be sent back for review

Answer

C) To be missed or forgotten by mistake

3. Rewrite the sentence using the idiom:

“Some client requests were accidentally ignored.” → Change the sentence using: fall through the cracks

Answer

Some client requests fell through the cracks.

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