英語での「Chinese whispers」の定義と意味

Chinese whispers

伝言ゲーム, 囁きチェーン

a game where a message is passed secretly and rapidly from one person to another, often resulting in the message being distorted or changed unintentionally as it travels through the chain of participants

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伝言ゲーム, チャイニーズウィスパーズ

a situation where a message gets passed from one person to another, but it often gets changed along the way

Dialect

British

例

The news article started as a straightforward report, but by the time it reached the third publication, it had turned into a classic case of Chinese whispers with inaccuracies and exaggerations.

ニュース記事は単純なレポートとして始まりましたが、3番目の出版物に到達するまでに、不正確さと誇張を伴う典型的な伝言ゲームのケースに変わっていました。

The office gossip became a prime example of Chinese whispers as details of the story changed with each retelling.

オフィスの噂は、話が伝わるたびに詳細が変わるという 伝言ゲーム の典型的な例となった。