English-French translations for merry-go-round

• carrousel
  Malheureusement, nous devons ici voter un rapport qui entretient le mouvement du carrousel financier international. But unfortunately we are being asked here to vote for a process which will keep in motion the international money merry-go-round.
• manège
  Il en est ainsi de cette Union européenne affamée de réglementation: un manège qui tourne dans le mauvais sens. Such is the self-defeating merry-go-round that is this regulation-crazed European Union.
  Parler de manèges m'amène aux manœuvres déployées lors du sommet au sujet de la Constitution rejetée. Speaking of merry-go-rounds brings me to the manoeuvrings at the summit over the rejected Constitution.
• tourniquet

Definition of merry-go-round

• A carousel; a pleasure ride, typically found at fairs and amusement parks, consisting of a slowly revolving circular platform on which various seats are fixed, frequently shaped like horses or other animals
• A piece of playground equipment consisting of a circular platform that is made to revolve by pushing while users stand on it
• A freight train of hopper goods wagons which loads and unloads its cargo while moving

Related words

• merry-go-round conveyor