too busy fighting alligators to drain the swamp

proverb business adage So overcome or preoccupied by various tangential worries, problems, or tasks that one loses sight of the ultimate goal or objective. A: "I've spent so much time dealing with various infrastructure problems for my new business that I've had no time to actually develop our product properly." B: "Sounds like you've been too busy fighting alligators to drain the swamp."

See also: alligator, busy, drain, fight, swamp, to

See also:

up to (one's) neck in alligators
be up to (one's) ass in alligators
up to (one's) ass in alligators
when the tree falls, the monkeys scatter
village
it takes a village
teach a man to fish
a woman's work is never done
give a man a fish...
a Jack of all trades is a master of none

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