this is not a drill

English

Phrase

this is not a drill

1. Used to distinguish emergency procedures from those which are just rehearsed.
2. (informal, often humorous, by extension) Used to make an announcement or draw attention to a fact.

Translations

Translations

• French: ceci n’est pas un exercice
• Italian: questa non è un'esercitazione

Further reading

• “this is not a drill”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.