musical chairs
noun /ˌmjuːzɪkl ˈtʃeəz/
/ˌmjuːzɪkl ˈtʃerz/
[uncountable]- a children’s game in which players run round a row of chairs while music is playing. Each time the music stops, players try to sit down on one of the chairs, but there are always more players than chairs.Topics Games and toysc2
- (often disapproving) a situation in which people frequently exchange jobs or positions