chinese fire drill

chinese fire drill是一种美式口语，固定词组翻译为：乱七八糟的局面。

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A Chinese Fire Drill is a pejorative expression usually referring to a prank, or perhaps an expression of high spirits, that was popular in the United States during the 1960s.[1][2] It is performed when a car is stopped at a traffic light, at which point all of the car's occupants get out, run around the car, and return to the car (not necessarily their original seat). Chinese fire drills are sometimes executed when one needs to get something from the trunk of a car. Occasionally, if one of the participants is late to get inside the car, the others might drive off without him or her. The phenomenon has been reported as early as the 1940s, so it is possible that the phrase was current at the time, but simply was not recorded.[dubious – discuss]

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