dance of the lemons
n.— «The dance of the lemons. It refers to an annual ballet in which bad tenured teachers are shuffled around within school districts because they can’t be fired.» —“Dancing lemons and a restless night” by Frank Mickadeit Orange County Register (California) Sept. 27, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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