a game of musical chairs



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a game of musical chairs

A situation in which people or things are moved, shuffled, or rearranged from one position to another. After the boss resigned, it was a regular game of musical chairs in the company to figure out who would take over for whom. It's been a game of musical chairs trying to create enough space in the living room for Alex's birthday party this weekend.
See also: chair, game, musical, of

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Fabricio-Spanish, Portuguese
Bobette
Jefimija-Serbian
GruffyddGRIF-idhWelsh
GemmaJEM-mah (Italian), JEM-ə (English), KHE-mah (Dutch)Italian, Catalan, English (British), Dutch
Raabi'a-Arabic