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Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary
musical chairs
1. a child's game in which players march to music around a group of chairs that contains one chair less than the number of players;
when the music abruptly stops the players scramble to sit and the player who does not find a chair is eliminated;
then a chair is removed and the march resumes until only the winner is seated
• Syn:
going to Jerusalem
• Hypernyms:
child's game
2. a rearrangement that has no practical effect or significance
- the company is looking for stability after years of musical chairs with directors
- shareholders don't want the company playing musical chairs with their investment
• Hypernyms:
rearrangement
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