Chinese boxes
noun1
A set of boxes, of different sizes, each fitting inside the next larger one.
- 'Continue, my dear friend. It is interesting for me to see this new Bond. Englishmen are so odd. They are like a nest of Chinese boxes. It takes a very long time to get to the centre of them.'1953, Ian Fleming, “The Nature of Evil”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 144:
2
Something that resembles a set of Chinese boxes, especially in complexity.
3
plural of Chinese box
- Hypernyms
- box