Musical chairs

/mjˈuːzɪkəl tʃˈeəz/

/mjˈuːzɪkəl tʃˈɛɹz/

Musical chairs

a children’s game in which a group of players walk around a number of chairs that are fewer than the number of players while music is played, as soon as it stops they must sit and the one who is left without a chair to sit on is eliminated

synonyms : going to Jerusalem

a rearrangement that has no practical effect or significance

Examples

1. One of my favorite games is blindfolded musical chairs.

2. Already playing musical chairs.

3. It's the musical chairs game.

4. This is like musical chairs, Jerome.

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