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
Whitlock	['hwitlɔk]
Bhaskar	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada
Matia	-	Basque
Thompson	['tɔmpsn]
Aylwen	['eilwən]
Jehudi	-	Biblical