play musical chairs

to move people from one organization or job to another The teams play musical chairs at that position - all of the top punters have played for at least two teams.

Usage notes: also used in the form a game of musical chairs: Buckley was reassigned in a game of corporate musical chairs Thursday.

Etymology: based on the children's game in which there is one more player than there are chairs and the players walk in a circle around the chairs until music stops playing, at which time they hurry to the nearest empty chair

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Velvela	-	Yiddish
Moe (1)	MO	English
Katee	KAY-tee	English (Rare)
Alfie	AL-fee	English
Per	PER (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Breton
Azel	-	Biblical