goat rodeo

plural goat rodeos

1. CanadaUSslangA chaotic, unmanageable situation.

   I should have known after a Monday like that, that Tuesday would be a veritable goat rodeo.

   2004, Todd A, Being Good

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   For example, a shooting incident had turned into a 20 police car "goat rodeo." The entire area was blocked by the multitude of police cars...

   1996, Barbara Isabel Hummel, Managing the world: an analysis of expressive folklore among paramedics

   Old FAA hands, who are trying to keep this goat rodeo moving in a straight line, are still hopeful that this will all shake out in time...

   2004, David Clarke, Technology and terrorism

   “McConnell has zero interest in presiding over another goat rodeo,” a second health care lobbyist told me.

   2017, Dylan Scott, Republicans wind up one last Hail Mary to repeal Obamacare

   Synonyms: clusterfuck, goat rope