Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - musical chairs
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Musical chairs
musical chairs
1. Musical chairs is a game that children play at parties. They run round a row of chairs while music plays and try to sit down on one when the music stops. N-UNCOUNT 2. If you describe the situation within a particular organization or area of activity as musical chairs, you are critical of the fact that people in that organization or area exchange jobs or positions very often. It was musical chairs. Creative people would switch jobs just to get more money. N-UNCOUNT c darkgreen]disapproval
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1.
noun plural but singular in construction Date: 1877 a game in which players march to music around a row of chairs numbering one less than the players and scramble for seats when the music stops; also a situation or series of events suggesting the game of ~ (as in rapid change or confusing activity) ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
1. "стулья с музыкой" (детская игра, когда дети бросаются занимать стулья, которых на один меньше, чем играющих 2. перетасовка (правительственных постов) министерская ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
3.
~ n a children's game in which all the players must sit down when the music stops, but there are never enough chairs ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
4.
{n. phr.} (Originally the name of a children's game.) The transfer of a number of officers in an organization into different jobs, especially each other's jobs. * /The boss regularly played musical chairs with department heads to keep them fresh on the job./ ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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