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词汇 like turkeys voting for Christmas
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Idiom
like turkeys voting for Christmaslike turkeys voting for (an early) Christmas
British & Australian, humorous if people are like turkeys voting for Christmas, they choose to accept a situation which will have very bad results for them.
Teachers agreeing to even larger class sizes would be like turkeys voting for Christmas.
idiomlike turkeys voting for Christmas BrEBrEused in order to say that it is unlikely that someone would do something because it would be very bad for them:Huge drugs companies advocating herbal medicine sounds like turkeys voting for Christmas, but it's happening.
NOTEIn the US and Britain, people often eat turkeys for dinner Christmas.

like turkeys voting for Christmas

People who choose or accept a situation that is not in their interest or will be directly harmful to them. Turkeys are often prepared for a Christmas meal. So now you have people, like turkeys voting for Christmas, supporting policies that would see their work security and health benefits eliminated.

like turkeys voting for Christmas

BRITISH
If someone's action or choice is like turkeys voting for Christmas, it will have a very bad result for them. Lawyers supporting non-legal methods of solving disputes are like turkeys voting for Christmas. The idea that drivers would choose to have speed limiters in their cars would be like turkeys voting for Christmas. Note: In Britain and some other countries, people traditionally eat turkey at Christmas.

like turkeys voting for Christmas

used to suggest that a particular action or decision is hopelessly self-defeating. informal
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