chinese fire drill

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Definition von chinese fire drill im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A silly, pointless exercise

A prank performed while stopped in a car at a red-light; each passenger (including the driver) shouts "Chinese fire drill", exits the vehicle, runs at least once around it, then re-enters, taking a different seat

Relevante Übersetzungen

Chinese fire drills

plural form of Chinese fire drill

Silbentrennung

Chin·ese fire drill

Türkische aussprache

çayniz fayr drîl

Aussprache

/ʧīˈnēz ˈfīr ˈdrəl/ /ʧaɪˈniːz ˈfaɪr ˈdrɪl/

Etymologie

() Perhaps from the WWI era, from the British practice of using Chinese as a slur; now used only as a festive exclamation.