circular firing squad

Meaning: (idiomatic)Apolitical partyor other group experiencing considerabledisarraybecause the members are engaging in internaldisputesand mutualrecrimination.1992March 26, Michael deCourcy Hinds, “Capitol Hill Memo: After Scandals, the Hush of Paranoia”, inNew York Times, retrieved22 May 2009:"What we're seeing here is a kind ofcircular firing squad, with everybody standing in a circle pointing fingers at the person beside them," said Representative Robert S. Walker of Pennsylvania, the chief deputy Republican whip.1997October 9, Anthony Bevins, “The Tories: MPs get the blame for May election defeat”, inThe Independent, UK, retrieved22 May 2009:He said it was not the party that had lost the last election, but the "circular firing squad" of MPs.2002January 28, Michael Duffyet al., “What Did They Know And...When Did They Know It?”, inTime:[J]ust about everyone who helped create this mess is busy pointing fingers, scapegoating the other guys, firing the lower-downs and diming out the higher-ups. Last week what was once envisioned as a new kind of company resembled little more than acircular firing squadof executives, accountants, consultants and lawyers.

Examples:

EN: God, how the Democrats love the circular firing squad, huh?
ES: Dios, a los demócratas les encantan las disputas internas, ¿eh?
EN: Listen, all due respect, but this feels like a circular firing squad.
ES: Escuche, con todo respeto, pero esto parece un pelotón de fusilamiento.
EN: At the end of the chase, they surround and form a circle around this car, a circular firing squad, as it turns out, and the police shoot at themselves.
ES: Al final de la persecución, rodean el auto y forman un círculo alrededor de él, un pelotón de fusilamiento circular, y la Policía se dispara a sí misma.
EN: "The police formed a circular firing squad."
ES: "La Policía formó un pelotón de fusilamiento circular".
EN: It was sort of being in the center of a circular firing squad.
ES: Estuvimos en el punto de mira de un pelotón.
EN: circular firing squad.
ES: Pelotón de fusilamiento circular.

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