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Chinese fire drill
noun- any situation in which confusion reigns US
Frequent use in the Vietnam war. - As far as Burton was concerned, everything was fouled up like a Chinese fire drill as Hogan finished with his plus 51 to lead Lloyd Mangrum. — Coshocton (Ohio) Tribune, p. 8, 5 June 1946
- — American Speech, p. 267, December 1962: “The language of traffic policemen”
- “It must have looked like a Chinese fire drill back on the river when the shooting started,” said Bill. — Donald Duncan, The New Legions, p. 72, 1967
- — Maledicta, p. 156, 1979: “A glossary of ethnic slurs in American English”
- “[I]t turned into an absolute goddamned Chinese fuckin’ fire drill.” — George Higgins, Kennedy for the Defense, p. 215, 1980
- — Gregory Clark, Words of the Vietnam War, p. 106, 1990
- a prank loved by generations of American youth in which a car full of people stops at a red light and the passengers suddenly leap from the car, run around it, and get back in as the light turns green US, 1972
- — Hugh Rawson, Wicked Words, p. 81, 1989
- — Lewis Poteet, Car & Motorcyle Slang, p. 49, 1992
- We had stopped to do Chinese fire drill, trading spots during the long ride. I was trading with Dad, taking his spot in the backseat, while he went up front to drive. — Barbara Camens, Girls’ Night Out, p. 204, 2002
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