chicken:
[uncountable] a game played especially by children in which the winner is the person who continues doing something dangerous the longest
play chicken: The kids were playing chicken on the railway track when the accident happened.
a. a situation in which two groups or countries threaten each other until one gives the other what they want
game of chicken: The affair degenerated into the longest game of chicken in diplomatic history.
(Macmillan)
play chicken
to play a game in which people do something dangerous for as long as they can to show how brave they are. The person who stops first has lost the game
The children had been playing chicken by running across the railway line.
(OALD)
[uncountable] a game played especially by children in which the winner is the person who continues doing something dangerous the longest
play chicken: The kids were playing chicken on the railway track when the accident happened.
a. a situation in which two groups or countries threaten each other until one gives the other what they want
game of chicken: The affair degenerated into the longest game of chicken in diplomatic history.
(Macmillan)
play chicken
to play a game in which people do something dangerous for as long as they can to show how brave they are. The person who stops first has lost the game
The children had been playing chicken by running across the railway line.
(OALD)
Πώς λέμε αυτά τα επικίνδυνα παιχνίδια όπως τα παιχνίδια που παίζουν οι διάφοροι συμμέτοχοι (Ελλάδα - ΕΕ, κυβέρνηση - αντιπολίτευση) πριν βρεθεί το ένα αυτοκίνητο φυσαρμόνικα με το άλλο και τα μυαλά στον αέρα (όχι πως είναι μέσα στα καύκαλα τώρα...);
