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What (who) is musical chairs - definition
Musical chairs
 2022 144.jpg?width=200 "Before the game")
 2022 148.jpg?width=200 "Starting the game")
 2022 152.jpg?width=200 "Reducing numbers")
 2022 173.jpg?width=200 "Down to the last two")
 2022 175.jpg?width=200 "A winner!")
ELIMINATION GENRE PARTY GAME
Musical chair; Going to Jerusalem; Musical bumps; Musical Chairs; Trip to Jerusalem
Musical chairs, also known as Trip to Jerusalem, is a game of elimination involving players, chairs, and music. It is a staple of many parties worldwide.
musical chairs
ELIMINATION GENRE PARTY GAME
Musical chair; Going to Jerusalem; Musical bumps; Musical Chairs; Trip to Jerusalem
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1. a party game in which players compete for a decreasing number of chairs, the losers in successive rounds being those unable to find a chair to sit on when the accompanying music is stopped.
2. a situation in which people frequently exchange jobs or positions.
musical chairs
ELIMINATION GENRE PARTY GAME
Musical chair; Going to Jerusalem; Musical bumps; Musical Chairs; Trip to Jerusalem
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.
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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 [disapproval]
Examples of use of musical chairs
1. Meanwhile we are preparing studies and playing musical chairs at the Tourism Ministry.
2. He will handle [Foreign Minister] Tzipi Livni; he‘s an expert at handling women." Musical chairs.
3. Inside, the justices engaged in an elaborate round of musical chairs to reflect O‘Connor‘s departure.
4. The country‘s chief tax inspectors began playing musical chairs this month.
5. Ministerial musical chairs have made the Home Office difficult to govern.