CHINESE FIRE DRILL


Meaning of CHINESE FIRE DRILL in English

noun

Usage: usually capitalized C

1. : a state of great confusion or disorder

2. : a prank in which a number of people jump out of an automobile stopped at a red traffic light, run around to the opposite side, and jump back in often in a different seat before the light changes to green

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