Buggins's turn

短语

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A humorous, disparaging term for the appointment of a person by rotation or promotion, on the basis of length of service (it being that person's "turn") rather than merit or level of qualification.

    习语

    He will be appointed on the principle of Buggins's turn.

    I remembered your old saying "Some day the Empire will go down because it is Buggins's turn."'

词源

Earliest recorded use is by Admiral Fisher, later First Sea Lord, in a 1901 letter. 'Buggins' is a humorous invented surname, suggestive of a man of mediocre ability.

来源：wiktionary