three-ring circus
Noun
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Noun
three-ring circus
- A large circus in which three separate performances, each within its own circular enclosure, are staged simultaneously before a single audience.
- (idiomatic, by extension) A disorderly, complicated, rapidly changing situation or set of events, which is a source of bewilderment, amazement, or amusement.
- 1963 Feb. 22, "[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,828028,00.html Sport: Look! Another Record]," Time:
- Indoor track can be a three-ring circus, with so much going on in the space of a few evening hours that the fans hardly know where to look first.
- 1997 Nov. 1, Kim Sengupta, "Nanny Trial: Sharp contrast in US justice style ↗," The Independent (UK) (retrieved 28 June 2012):
- British television viewers had seen how proceedings in US courtrooms can almost turn into a three-ring circus during the OJ Simpson trial.
- 2011 April 1, Rachel Donadio, "Rude and Crude Behavior Stains Italian Parliament ↗," New York Times (retrieved 28 June 2012):
- The Italian Parliament has long been a three-ring circus.
- 1963 Feb. 22, "[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,828028,00.html Sport: Look! Another Record]," Time:
- (idiomatic: disorderly, complicated, rapidly changing situation) commotion, pandemonium
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