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musical chairs
the transfer of a number of officers in an organization into different jobs - especially each other
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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.
musical chairs, play
musical chairs, play Move around from position to position, such as the jobs in an organization. For example,
Bob took over for Tom, who took over for Mary, who got Bob's title—the boss loves to play musical chairs with the staff. This expression alludes to the children's game in which children walk around a number of seats while music plays, and there is one less chair than players. When the music stops the players must sit down, and the player who is left standing is eliminated. Then another chair is removed, and the game goes on until only one player is left sitting. [c. 1900]
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a bold of agreeable chairs
A bearings in which bodies or things are moved, shuffled, or rearranged from one position to another. After the bang-up resigned, it was a approved bold of agreeable chairs in the aggregation to amount out who would booty over for whom. It's been a bold of agreeable chairs aggravating to actualize abundant amplitude in the active allowance for Alex's altogether affair this weekend.Learn more: chair, game, musical, of