vicious circle

by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[vicious circle] {n. phr.}

A kind of circular or chain reaction in which one negative thing leads to another.

* /Some people take so many different kinds of medicine to cure an illness that they develop other illnesses from the medicine and are thus caught in a vicious circle./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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