gaze contemplate your navel

gaze contemplate your navel
gaze at/contemplate (your) navel humorous to spend too much time thinking about yourself and your own problems.

I read his novel and thought, the man's obviously spent far too long contemplating his own navel.


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  • gaze contemplate navel — gaze at/contemplate (your) navel humorous to spend too much time thinking about yourself and your own problems. I read his novel and thought, the man s obviously spent far too long contemplating his own navel …   New idioms dictionary

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  • navel — noun (C) 1 the small hollow or raised place in the middle of your stomach 2 gaze at/contemplate your navel humorous to spend too much time thinking about your own problems …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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