To take little to no productive action during a crisis. The phrase refers to the legend of the Roman Emperor Nero playing the lyre as Rome burned down.
I live here by choice rather than accident of birth. He owes his love of Africa to an accident of birth. Well, you can't choose your parents—that's an accident of birth.
Completely finished. (że skończyło się coś negatywnego, długiego, męczącego)
It's all over—there's no way we'll score a goal to tie it in the last seconds. The party's all over now—people started leaving an hour ago. It's all over with me and Diane. We just fought too much.
