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The idiomused to suggest that a particular action or decision is hopelessly self-defeating.
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a particular option which is unlikely to be chosen because it would not be in the interest of the people concerned. n(In many countries people eat turkey at Christmas.): " Expecting them to accept a decrease in salary would belike turkeys voting for Christmas! "
Russianvariant: Когда рак на горе свистнет.
Turkeys voting for Christmas (British English; American English: turkeys voting for Thanksgiving) is a cliché used as a metaphor or simile (in the construct " like turkeys voting for Christmas") in reference to a suicidal (" death-wish") political act, especially a vote.
The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations writes that a commentator in the Independent Magazine traced the origin of the phrase to David Penhaligon, ] who is quoted as saying: " Us voting for the Pact is like a turkey voting for Christmas" in reference to the Lib-Lab Pact.
The phrase was soon borrowed by other politicians and public figures.[2] In particular, British MP Teresa Gorman was awarded by the French with a " foreign political humour prize" ] for the phrase " If the House of Commons voted for Maastricht it would be like 651 turkeys voting for Christmas." [
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