Definition of rubber-chicken in English:

rubber-chicken

adjective

North American informal

Relating to a series of dinner and lunch appearances made by a politician or other public figures.
candidates pleading for money on the rubber-chicken circuit
Example sentencesExamples
- Bill Clinton talked about Jesus more often than Mr Bush and has spoken in more churches than Mr Bush has had rubber-chicken dinners.
- For years, he was the darling of the Tory rubber-chicken circuit, the party cheerleader who had more invitations to boost morale by speaking at dinners than all the Conservative grandees put together.
- Had he survived, in retirement he certainly would have had no difficulty in well exceeding his First Ministerial salary on the rubber-chicken circuit.
- ‘Wowing them in Davos isn't the same as wowing them on the rubber-chicken circuit,’ says Linda L. Fowler, a government professor at Dartmouth College.
- We didn't take any trains, but there were definitely planes and automobiles as we motored from a rubber-chicken lunch to a bad-news urban park in Washington, then jetted to a dinner back at the office in Atlanta, all in about three hours.
- Still, Edwards is quietly working the rubber-chicken circuit.
- I've heard he doesn't interview well, he doesn't want to deal with boosters on the rubber-chicken circuit.
- For that, he has earned the right to charge $100,000 a pop on the rubber-chicken circuit, spill his guts in a multimillion-dollar book deal, and do who knows what else to rake in the dough.
- After-dinner speaking is the one constant in his career - television, theatre, teddy bears come and go, but he has always served his time on the rubber-chicken circuit.
- And while it was easy to visualize him making uplifting speeches over rubber-chicken benefit dinners, it also was possible to imagine a retired governor coasting through with his feet on the desk.

Origin

1950s: so called because of the mediocre food typically served at such functions.

词汇	rubber-chicken
释义	Definition of rubber-chicken in English: rubber-chicken adjective North American informal Relating to a series of dinner and lunch appearances made by a politician or other public figures. candidates pleading for money on the rubber-chicken circuit Example sentencesExamples Bill Clinton talked about Jesus more often than Mr Bush and has spoken in more churches than Mr Bush has had rubber-chicken dinners. For years, he was the darling of the Tory rubber-chicken circuit, the party cheerleader who had more invitations to boost morale by speaking at dinners than all the Conservative grandees put together. Had he survived, in retirement he certainly would have had no difficulty in well exceeding his First Ministerial salary on the rubber-chicken circuit. ‘Wowing them in Davos isn't the same as wowing them on the rubber-chicken circuit,’ says Linda L. Fowler, a government professor at Dartmouth College. We didn't take any trains, but there were definitely planes and automobiles as we motored from a rubber-chicken lunch to a bad-news urban park in Washington, then jetted to a dinner back at the office in Atlanta, all in about three hours. Still, Edwards is quietly working the rubber-chicken circuit. I've heard he doesn't interview well, he doesn't want to deal with boosters on the rubber-chicken circuit. For that, he has earned the right to charge $100,000 a pop on the rubber-chicken circuit, spill his guts in a multimillion-dollar book deal, and do who knows what else to rake in the dough. After-dinner speaking is the one constant in his career - television, theatre, teddy bears come and go, but he has always served his time on the rubber-chicken circuit. And while it was easy to visualize him making uplifting speeches over rubber-chicken benefit dinners, it also was possible to imagine a retired governor coasting through with his feet on the desk. Origin 1950s: so called because of the mediocre food typically served at such functions.
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