fire drill | Idiomator

Meaning: An organized practice to prepare occupants of an office, school or other public building for evacuation in the event of a fire.Our teacher said that will have afire drilltoday.; (idiomatic,US)Anypointless,unproductive,useless, orchaoticactivity.Since they've changed the standards again, our previous efforts now just amount to afire drill.; A fire-starting tool consisting of a woodenrodand some primitive means of rapidlyrotatingthe rod on a flat surface like a drill until tinder can be ignited.1999, Paul Douglas Campbell,Survival Skills of Native California,→ISBN, page 4:There is no machine on earth so potent, yet so simple and elegant, as the two sticks of the Native Americanfire drill;

Examples:

EN: Just a little fire drill.
ES: - Nada, un simulacro de incendio.
EN: - What's a fire drill?
ES: - ¿Qué es eso?
EN: Excuse me gents, but in a few moments the fire bell will ring. There's no need to pay any attention to it, fire drill for ship's crew.
ES: Disculpen, pronto sonará la alarma de incendios... pero no hagan caso, es un simulacro para la tripulación.
EN: All right, children, this is a fire drill.
ES: Niños, haremos un simulacro de incendio.
EN: Miss Daniels would like to see how we conduct ourselves during a fire drill.
ES: A la Srta. Daniels le gustaría ver cómo hacemos los simulacros de incendio.
EN: In Bodega Bay early this morning, a large flock of crows attacked a group of children who were leaving the school during a fire drill.
ES: En Bodega Bay, esta mañana una gran bandada de cuervos ha atacado a un grupo de niños durante un simulacro de incendio.
EN: I'll never forget this time... horace... this fire drill, see?
ES: El simulacro de incendio, ¿sabes? Una vez... ¿sabes que solía hacer durante el simulacro de incendios?
EN: One time... do you know what he used to do in fire drill?
ES: - Vamos a cenar. - Él... ¡oh!
EN: The Inspector will take you through the fire drill one shift at a time.
ES: El inspector se lo irá explicando a cada turno.
EN: Yeah, he says they've got fire drill down at the depot.
ES: Dice que tienen formación antiincendios en el garaje.
EN: They've never had any fire drill down there.
ES: Nunca tienen formación antiincendios.
EN: Ah, fire drill, Stan's got to save you.
ES: Stan os salvará.
EN: It was all your fault you messed up my fire drill, didn't you?
ES: Echó a perder el simulacro de incendio, ¿no?
EN: Now, you won't forget the fire drill tomorrow?
ES: No olvides el simulacro de incendio.
EN: - I've got the fire drill in the morning.
ES: - ¿Y el simulacro?

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