lost in the sauce

adjective2

1. •
   (US, slang) Out of it, lost, e.g. due to intoxication, aimlessness, or being bewildered or distracted.

   • 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.” — 2021
2. •
   (US, slang) Lost; lost in the shuffle; allowed to slip through the cracks.

   • 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. — 2007