Question of the Day #587

Down the rabbit hole at Kitty's crazy Corby cafe and restaurant wonderland

From the headline of this article at The Northamptonshire Telegraph.

上記の文で、down the rabbit holeの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "down the rabbit hole" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

〈俗〉超現実的な［幻覚的な］体験をする［状況に突入する］

Answer

According to McMillan Dictionary:

used for referring to a situation that is strange, confusing, or illogical, and often hard to escape from

Etymology/語源

英次郎によると、

【語源】『不思議の国のアリス』のアリスがウサギの穴に落ちて不思議な体験をすることから。

According to Medium.com:

The first use of the phrase falling “down the rabbit hole” comes to us thanks to the great Lewis Carroll who introduced the term in 1865 in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. In the story, Alice literally falls down the hole of the White Rabbit, taking her to Wonderland. In this case, falling down the rabbit hole meant entering a strange and absurd alternate universe, which many believe was supposed to represent a psychedelic experience.

Examples

• Quoting from the people themselves is the easiest way of showing just how far down the rabbit hole we are going here.
• Professor John Kennedy invites us to jump down the rabbit hole and imagine a world where U.S. Supreme Court justices are elected democratically.
• Because it is so early on in this work it is easy to say that we are either at the edge of a remarkable new and useful science or that we are careering down an environmental rabbit hole. — Jack Hitt
• In the season-two premiere of HBO's Westworld, viewers were again tossed down a rabbit hole filled with theories, where one open door leads to many more closed ones. — Josh Wigler and Zoe Haylock
• “Then how far down the rabbit hole do we have to go before Comey enlightens America? We already have Putins hand maidens in the WH. HOW FAR?”

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