buggins's turn

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The appointment of a person by rotation or promotion, on the basis of length of service (it being that person's "turn") rather than merit or level of qualification

I remembered your old saying Some day the Empire will go down because it is Buggins's turn.'.

buggins's turn

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    () Earliest recorded use is by Admiral Fisher, later First Sea Lord, in a 1901 letter.