like turkeys voting for (an early) Christmas

British & Australian, humorous

if people are like turkeys voting for Christmas, they choose to accept a situation which will have very bad results for them.

Teachers agreeing to even larger class sizes would be like turkeys voting for Christmas.

• out of order
• out of place
• out of practice
• out of print
• out of season
• out of sight
• Out of sight, out of mind.
• out of sight, out of mind
• out of someone's hair
• out of someone's way
• out of sorts
• out of step
• out of step with
• out of step with something
• out of the blocks
• out of the blue
• out of the doldrums
• out of the firing line
• out of the frying pan
• out of the frying pan into the fire
• out of the gate
• out of their rut
• out of the loop
• Out of the mouths of babes .
• Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings.