![]() ![]() Thus, around the time of World War I, any fire drill that was done in a disorganized or confused manner was called a “Chinese Fire Drill” by British soldiers. The origins of this are thought to be from the stark contrast between British and Chinese cultures where the British viewed many things the Chinese did as confusing and hard to understand from their cultural perspective. This phrasing also came to mean anything done in a confused or disorganized way. Eventually, this spread to other phrases where anything done clumsily or ineptly was called a “Chinese X” where X is whatever the act was. This later evolved into describing any clumsy or inept landing. When said quickly, this somewhat resembled the Chinese language in sound to the British soldiers, hence, “Chinese Landing”. It should be noted that this wasn’t originally meant to imply Chinese citizens couldn’t land a plane well or anything of the sort rather, it came from the fact that, in a bad landing, the soldiers would often use the phrase “one wing low” to described this. In World War I, British soldiers came up with the phrase “Chinese Landing” to describe a clumsy or bad landing. Gerald tells Billy that he's got it all fucked up like a Chinese fire drill.Today I found out the origin of the Chinese Fire Drill. Sitting next to him is the driving instructor Gerald. He killed the engine and needs to wait a minute or two, then start it up again. He pumped the accelerator too forcefully. Sometimes the term " Polish fire drill" is used to mean the same thing.īilly is 16 and taking driver's ed. ![]() Besides, if you were to see a REAL fire drill in China it probably would be just as orderly as one held in the West, even with the Chinese language being as difficult as it is. Still, it's a racist term to use because it implies that Chinese people don't have their shittogether. The complexities and complications of the Chinese language is probably a factor in the use of this term. When one says that something is as "hosed up like a Chinese fire drill" it means that there is a massive confusion going on. Ted: It was brutal! The whole thing looked like a Chinese fire drillĪ racistterm that denotes that something is completely haywire. Used as a euphemism in sports, when in a particular zone there is mass disorganization, confusion, or lack of cohesion.īill: Did you see the Senators power-play last night? See chinese fire drill, fire, chinese, british, confusion, clusterfuck, asinine, pointless, hamburger 5. Jack: Let's have a Chinese fire drill at the next light. Jack: It was a damn Chinese fire drill in there. Jack: So we set up all the bands to play with eachother. See also Chinese National Anthem and Chinese Puzzle (n) When the occupants of a car stop at a traffic light and exit the vehicleto cavort around the car like the lead knife in a knife parade In the first moments of the drill, things went fine, however, difficulty in translation between the officers and crew caused confusion resulting in the first bucket team taking water from the port side of the ship, and dumping it off the starboard side of the ship while the second team did nothing.Ģ. Then another team was to take buckets of water from the floor of the engine room and throw it off the starboardside. One group of the crew was to carry buckets of water from the portside of the ship to the engine room to extinguish the blaze. It is thought that the term was derived when a Royal Navy Ship consisting of a Chinese crew and British officers was set to perform a firedrill. See fast, ghost ride, 1950's, mostly harmless 4.ġ. In Detroit], the act of getting out of your car at a stop light and having it be stolen before you can reach the rear bumper.Ĭould I borrow a Benjamin] to get my car out of impound? I tried a chinese fire drill last week because I forgot I wasn't in Ann Arbor]. Wanna piss people off and go do chinese fire drills?! ok, but you're the one driving this time! 2.Ī Chinese Fire Drill is when, at a red light, a group of people hop out their car, switch to different seats as fast as they can, and ride away. Hey man, I'm bored, let's go do a few Chinese Fire Drills down at the town square.Įrm. The act of, upon reaching a stop light/sign, all the members of a vehicle bail out and dash laps around the car until the light changes or the other people around you get really pissed. ![]()
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