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How did the phrase Russian Roulette originate?In: Idioms and Slang |
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One of the more ghoulish games played in the old Russian military was for a group of soldiers to put one bullet in the chamber of a revolver. Each would spin it randomly, point it at their head and pull the trigger. You had a one-in-six chance of killing yourself.
Because spinning the revolver chamber was a bit like spinning a roulette wheel, where it stopped randomly and could destroy a player (financially, at least), this game became known as Russian roulette.
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