down the hole
LOL, Mismi. I was going to say "down the rabbit-hole," too, but I discovered that "rabbit hole" was two words, so I just said "down the hole." I forgot about the unposted post and went to do something else. When I discovered it was still there, I sent it. Subsequently, I saw your post but wasn't able to delete mine.
encountering floating objects
laying carelessly discarded
