8 Wintry Words to Defrost Your Vocabulary  fall between the
cracks  Slang definitions & phrases for fall between the cracks
fall between the cracks  verb phrase  To be ignored, overlooked,
mismanaged, or forgotten, esp because of ambiguity in definition
or understanding: The entire problem simply fell between the
cracks/ a conviction that otherwise might have fallen through
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between the cracks  fall between the cracks  Also, fall through
the cracks or between two stools. Be neglected or overlooked;
also, not fit either of two alternatives. For example, Please
make sure that either our department or yours deals with this
account, lest it fall between the cracks, or Trying to be both
teacher and parent, she fell between two stools. The variant
using stools, with its image of a person falling to the ground
between two chairs instead of sitting down on one or the other,
was already a proverb in ancie