a three-ring circus



a three-ring circus

  (American & Australian)
a lot of noisy or confused activity It's a three-ring circus in that classroom - the kids can't possibly be learning anything.
See also: circus

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Magne-Norwegian
Takondwatah-KON-dwahSouthern African, Chewa
Elisabethe-LEE-zah-bet (German), e-LEE-sah-bet (Danish), i-LIZ-ə-bəth (English)German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Rich[ritʃ]
Swanahilda-Ancient Germanic
RistoREES-to (Finnish)Finnish, Macedonian