wallow

Richard Carlson著のDon't Sweat the Small Stuff… and It's All Small Stuffを読むことにしました。図書館のWeb上の説明では人生訓の本となっていました。人生訓で思い出すのは、大学３年生の時に内定した就職先の顧問にDale Carnegie著のHow To Win Friends and Influence Peopleを入社までに読むことを勧められ、それが私としては初めて読んだ英語の原書でした。このHow To Win Friends...程説得力のある本は後にも先にも読んだことがありません。しかしながら、このSurrender to the Fact...からも何かしら得る事があるでしょう。
非常に分かり易い本で、難しい単語、慣用句もほとんど出て来ませんが、Surrender to the Fact that Life Isn't Fairの章に知らない単語が出て来ました。
One of the mistakes many of us make is that we feel sorry for ourselves, or for others, thinking that life should be fair, or that someday it will be. It's not and it won't. When we make this mistake we tend to spend a lot of time wallowing and/or complaining about what's wrong with life.
"wallowing" が知らない単語なので辞書を見ます。
・Macmillan Dictionary: showing disapproval to spend a lot of time feeling a negative emotion, especially because you want sympathy from other people: wallow in: George still seems determined to wallow in self-pity.
・Wiktionary: To immerse oneself in, to occupy oneself with, metaphorically.: She wallowed in her misery.
例によって。丁寧な説明のある次の辞書も見ます。
・Vocabulary.com: To wallow is to roll about in something, as a pig wallows in mud or a billionaire wallows in money.
Wallow can be used to describe a physical action or an emotional state. If you cry "Woe is me!" one too many times, you might be accused of wallowing in self-pity. Because of its association with the much-maligned pig, wallow often has a negative, insulting tone. So, rather than wallowing in that pile of money once you've won the lottery, try bathing or wading in it instead.
"wallowing in money" なら一度経験して見たい気がします。