2007, Michael T. Martin, Marilyn Yaquinto, Redress for Historical Injustices in the United States: On Reparations for Slavery, Jim Crow, and Their Legacies, Duke University Press (→ISBN), page 432:
And because of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the nation's attention was focused elsewhere and reparations just got ''lost in the sauce,'' so to speak.
lost?
2009, Judd Kruger Levingston, Sowing the Seeds of Character: The Moral Education of Adolescents in Public and Private Schools: The Moral Education of Adolescents in Public and Private Schools, Praeger (→ISBN), page 110:
He concluded on this note, expressing his concern that the students who escape the attention of their teachers get “lost in the sauce.” Reflecting out loud about the student I was working with, he confided to me, “I think Jared gets ...
2013, James M. Lang, Cheating Lessons, Harvard University Press (→ISBN)
The propensity of students to get “lost in the sauce” is exacerbated in a course of nearly 3,000 students, since it's more difficult for Boyer and his teaching assistants to keep track of the progress of individual students.
intoxicated?:
2021, Tee, Trailblazing, Fulton Books, Inc. (→ISBN):
As soon as Troy saw Jermel the next day, he went at him. “Dogg, what type of crash [is] dummy on?” “Ain't nobody crashing! You just been lost in the sauce, dogg. I handled what needed ta be handled.” “Lost in the sauce?
unclear:
2008, A. Shakur Towns, Whirlwind Publishing, From the Dark Side, Lulu.com (→ISBN)
The only responsibility is to self, and a teen-age junkie can really get lost in the sauce. Lost in the haze of puberty. Lost in the fog of manhood. Lost in the darkness of self-hate. Time is measured in bags and nods and scores and ...
2012, Rye Barcott, It Happened on the Way to War: A Marine's Path to Peace, A&C Black (→ISBN), page 333:
I just thought you were lost in the sauce.” “Lost in the sauce.” I laughed. It was another phrase that I had adopted from the Marine Corps and brought to Kibera. “You're still lost in the sauce,” Salim teased me, pointing at my chest.
&lit:
2010, Nadejda Reilly, Ukrainian Cuisine with an American Touch and Ingredients, Xlibris Corporation (→ISBN), page 273:
Cooking Suggestion To prevent the cheese from getting lost in the sauce or burning, always add the sliced or shredded cheese at the end of the cooking.
2012, G. Y. Dryansky, Joanne Dryansky, Coquilles, Calva, & Crème: Exploring France's Culinary Heritage: A Love Affair with French Food, Open Road Media (→ISBN)
The flesh of the lamprey is fragile and can get lost in the sauce if the dish is stirred while cooking, which we'd been warned against in our session. The taste is often described as also “delicate.” I took up a forkful of gray lamprey ...
2018, Marie Armenia, The Audacious Molly Bruno: Amazing Stories from the Life of a Powerful Woman of Prayer, FaithWords (→ISBN)
The meatball maker never intends for the meatball to give up its new and unique identity and be lost in the sauce. When God creates a new heart in us, we take on a new and eternal identity, even while we continue to live in the same ...
