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
Erastos	-	Biblical Greek, Ancient Greek
Gottlob	-	German
Weber	['veibə]
Dara (2)	-	Khmer
Ellis (2)	EL-is	Welsh
Yadira	-	Spanish (Latin American), American (Hispanic)