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http://www.answers.com/topic/three-ring-circus The origin of thousands of other idioms are there, to answer your other questions as well.
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This term alludes to a circus where three rings or arenas are featuring performances simultaneously. Perhaps invented by show business impresario P.T. Barnum, the term was extended to other confused situations by about 1900.
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