英语词汇to form a firing squad in a circle的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	to form a firing squad in a circle
词源	to form a firing squad in a circle. Said of any group that does great harm to itself, shoots itself in its collective foot. I had never heard this expression until the 2001 New York City may- oral election, when former Mayor David Dinkens told an inter- viewer, “The Democratic party tends to form a firing squad in a circle,” that is, often eliminates or badly wounds itself by its in- fighting. I’ve been unable to find the expression recorded elsewhere.
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