ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Down the rabbit hole

Imagine you are Alice in the story "Alice in Wonderland". One day, while she was outside, she saw a rabbit wearing a waistcoat and carrying a pocket watch. This was very strange, so she decided to follow the rabbit. As she followed the rabbit, she noticed it was going into a small hole in the ground. Curiosity got the best of her, and she decided to go down the hole after the rabbit.

Now, the hole was very deep and dark, and as Alice fell, things became even stranger. She saw things she had never seen before, like talking animals and strange creatures. Everything in this world seemed a bit "crazy" and didn't follow the normal rules of our world.

This is what it means to go "down the rabbit hole." It's like entering a whole new world where things are very different from what we are used to. Sometimes, we use this phrase to describe when we start exploring something new and end up learning a lot more than we initially expected.

When Alice went down the rabbit hole, she learned many new things about herself and the world around her. Likewise, when we go down the rabbit hole, we might discover new ideas, knowledge, and perspectives that we didn't know before. It can be an exciting and eye-opening experience, just like Alice's adventure in Wonderland.