three ring
Classic circus layout
Three ring describes a circus with three performance areas operating simultaneously, and by extension, any chaotic situation with too much happening at once.
A three-ring circus suggests overwhelming activity, confusion, or spectacle: The press conference turned into a three-ring circus.
The hyphenated form three-ring functions as an adjective.
- circusTraveling entertainment with performers
- binderDevice securing loose pages
- notebookBlank pages for jottings
- tentPortable fabric shelter
- acrobatAgile circus performer
greatest show · death defying · clown · trapeze · ringmaster · spectacle · elephants · performer · juggler · center · big top · big tent · sawdust · chaotic · organized chaos · carnival · disorganized · lions
- circuscircus, big top, clown, clowns, ringmaster
- bookbindingbookbinding, bookbinder, sewing, hand-bound, leather repair
three ringsolo act
one-man show · intimate performance · small-scale · simple · minimalist
three ringorderly
Arranged with care
controlled · organized · streamlined · manageable · focused
three ringsingle-focus
Concentrated on one point
undivided · concentrated · unified · monotonous · uneventful
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