Many of my old hobbies fall by the wayside as I get busier.
fall by the wayside
idiomTo fail to be completed, particularly for lack of interest; to be left out, to suffer from neglect.
Origin
disputed originFrom the Parable of the Sower told by Jesus and recorded in the New Testament of the Bible, the term appearing in Matthew 13:4, Mark 4:4, and Luke 8:5. The parable is the story of a farmer who sows seed, and “some fell by the wayside, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it” (Luke 8:5). Jesus then explains: “The seed is the word of God. Those by the wayside, are they that hear: then cometh the Devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe, and be saved.” (Luke 8:11–12, King James Version, spelling modernized.) The English term is derived from Ancient Greek ἔπεσεν παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν (épesen parà tḕn hodón, literally “fell beside the path”).
Because the team focused only on the most profitable projects, the smaller, creative ideas fell by the wayside.
In the rush to modernize the city, many of the traditional local customs have unfortunately fallen by the wayside.
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fall apart
To be emotionally in crisis.
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fall around
To fall over continually, especially through drunkenness, clumsiness, or incompetence.
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fall asleep
To be affected by paresthesia; to go numb.
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fall at the last hurdle
To fail near the end of an activity, a project, etc.
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fall behind
To be late (for a regular event)
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fall between the cracks
To wind up in an unexpected situation which is, inadvertently, invisible to or not handled by whatever process one had hoped to be subject to; to be overlooked.
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fall between two stools
To fit into neither of two categories and, hence, be neglected or fail.
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fall for
To be fooled by; to walk into (a trap) or respond to (a scam or trick).