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See: MUSICAL CHAIRS.

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go to the chair

[go to the chair] {v. phr.} To be executed in the electric chair. * /After many stays of execution, the criminal finally had to go to the chair./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

musical chairs

[musical chairs] {n. phr.} (Originally the name of a children's game.) The transfer of a number of officers in an organization into different jobs, especially each other's jobs. * /The […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

all thumbs

[all thumbs] {adj.}, {informal} Awkward, especially with your hands; clumsy. * /Harry tried to fix the chair but he was all thumbs./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

cut up

[cut up] {v.} 1. {informal} To hurt the feelings of; wound. - Usually used in the passive. * /John was badly cut up when Susie gave him back his ring./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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биться как рыба об лёд

[биться как рыба об лёд] {v. phr.} [`bit'sya kak `ryba ob `liod] {literally} to beat against the ice like a […]

get an earful

[get an earful] {v. phr.}, {informal} To hear more (of usually unwelcome news) than one expects or wishes to hear. * /I […]