English Dictionary

musical chairs

名詞

不可算名詞 比喩的用法

(games) A children's game in which players circle a group of chairs. There is one chair fewer than the number of players. When someone who is not watching stops playing music, everybody sits down, and the player left without a chair is eliminated.

日本語の意味

子供向けの遊びで、参加者が椅子の周りを歩き、椅子の数は参加者数より1つ少なく設定されている。音楽が止まると全員が椅子に座ろうとし、座れなかった人が脱落するゲーム（椅子取りゲーム）。

At the summer picnic, the children spent the afternoon playing musical chairs until only one giggling winner remained.

夏のピクニックで、子どもたちは午後中、音楽が止まったときに座れなかった人が脱落する椅子取りゲームで遊び、最後に笑いながら残った一人が勝者になった。

意味（1）

(games) A children's game in which players circle a group of chairs. There is one chair fewer than the number of players. When someone who is not watching stops playing music, everybody sits down, and the player left without a chair is eliminated.

意味（2）

(figuratively) Any activity which results in repeated, pointless shuffling of people or objects.

The job market last year and earlier in 2022 was like musical chairs, offering record opportunities for hopping from seat to seat. Now many feel that the music is about to stop.