"Chinese fire drill" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Perhaps from the WWI era, from the British practice of using Chinese as a slur; now used only as a festive exclamation.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "Chinese fire drills",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "glosses": [
        "A prank performed while stopped in a car at a red light, and where each passenger, including the driver, shouts \"Chinese fire drill\", exits the vehicle, runs at least once around it, then re-enters, each taking a different seat."
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        "(US) A prank performed while stopped in a car at a red light, and where each passenger, including the driver, shouts \"Chinese fire drill\", exits the vehicle, runs at least once around it, then re-enters, each taking a different seat."
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          "word": "goat rodeo"
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          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "word": "herding cats"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "prank",
          "word": "simulacro de incendio de China"
        }
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        "A silly, pointless exercise."
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        "(US, derogatory) A silly, pointless exercise."
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    "Chinese fire drill"
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  "etymology_text": "Perhaps from the WWI era, from the British practice of using Chinese as a slur; now used only as a festive exclamation.",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "A prank performed while stopped in a car at a red light, and where each passenger, including the driver, shouts \"Chinese fire drill\", exits the vehicle, runs at least once around it, then re-enters, each taking a different seat."
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        "(US) A prank performed while stopped in a car at a red light, and where each passenger, including the driver, shouts \"Chinese fire drill\", exits the vehicle, runs at least once around it, then re-enters, each taking a different seat."
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