Idiom
circular firing squad
Meaning
A political party or other group experiencing considerable disarray because the members are engaging in internal disputes and mutual recrimination.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The committee is now a circular firing squad, attacking each other instead of working.”
“The project failed because the team turned into a circular firing squad, blaming one another for every minor mistake.”
“Rather than presenting a united front to the public, the party has devolved into a circular firing squad, ensuring their own political collapse through constant internal strife.”
Examples
simple
“The committee is now a circular firing squad, attacking each other instead of working.”
contextual
“The project failed because the team turned into a circular firing squad, blaming one another for every minor mistake.”
complex
“Rather than presenting a united front to the public, the party has devolved into a circular firing squad, ensuring their own political collapse through constant internal strife.”
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