English Dictionary

pass the parcel

名詞

不可算名詞 広義

(games) A children's game in which a parcel having many layers of packaging is passed from person to person around a ring while music plays, the person holding the parcel when the music is temporarily stopped being allowed to remove a single layer, and the person removing the innermost layer winning the prize contained within; in a variation of the game, there is a prize under each layer that is awarded to the person removing that layer.

日本語の意味

子供たちが円になって音楽に合わせて包みを受け渡し、音楽が止まった時にその包みを持っていた人が包装を一枚剥ぎ、最後の内側の包装まで全て剥がすことで賞品を獲得するゲーム。

At the school fair, we organized a lively game of pass the parcel that had everyone laughing as the music stopped.

学校のバザーで、音楽が流れる間に何重にも包まれた包みを順に回し、音楽が止まった人が一層ずつ外していくという子どものにぎやかなゲームを企画し、みんなが大笑いしました。

意味（1）

(games) A children's game in which a parcel having many layers of packaging is passed from person to person around a ring while music plays, the person holding the parcel when the music is temporarily stopped being allowed to remove a single layer, and the person removing the innermost layer winning the prize contained within; in a variation of the game, there is a prize under each layer that is awarded to the person removing that layer.

意味（2）

(by extension) a situation in which the ownership of something changes frequently.