a gong show
a gong show
A wild, chaotic, ridiculous, or disastrous event. Sometimes written as "gongshow." From the 1976–1978 television show The Gong Show, an amateur talent contest in which judges would end particularly bad acts by striking a giant gong. Primarily heard in Canada. Did you go to that party last night? What a gong show! A: "How do you think you did on your exam?" B: "It was a total gongshow. I'll be lucky if I even passed."
See also: gong, show
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- gong
- gong (one)
- gonged
- stand up and be counted
- show the way
- get the show on the road
- get this show on the road
- show (one) out
- show out
- show someone out