pass the parcel English

Meaning pass the parcel meaning

What does pass the parcel mean?

pass the parcel noun

— (games) A children's game in which a parcel having many layers of packaging is passed from person to person around a ring while music plays, the person holding the parcel when the music is temporarily stopped being allowed to remove a single layer, and the person removing the innermost layer winning the prize contained within; in a variation of the game, there is a prize under each layer that is awarded to the person removing that layer.

— (by extension) a situation in which the ownership of something changes frequently.