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Russian roulette
noun
a game of high risk in which each player in turn, using a revolver containing one bullet, spins the cylinder of the revolver, points the muzzle at the head, and pulls the trigger.
Russian roulette
noun
a game of chance in which each player in turn spins the cylinder of a revolver loaded with only one cartridge and presses the trigger with the barrel against his own head
any act which, if repeated several times, is likely to have disastrous consequences
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Russian roulette1
Example Sentences
Deep sea explorer Victor Vescovo said he had grave misgivings about Titan and that he had told people that diving in the sub was like playing Russian roulette.
"It's like playing Russian roulette and getting the bullet."
That creates what Mr Willison describes as an "immunological Russian roulette", triggering an "acute neurological tsunami" that surges through the peripheral nervous system.
"We're playing a bit of a Russian roulette game," warns Prof England.
Probabilities may seem abstract, but think of it like Russian roulette: Our lives are at stake, and the fossil fuel industry keeps adding bullets to the cylinder.
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