单词 | can't fight city hall |
释义 | can't fight City HallUnable to overcome bureaucratic rules, as in Brad couldn't get a permit without going through channels—you can't fight City Hall! This term transfers the seat of city government to a more general sense of bureaucracy in any sphere. [Mid-1800s] Words nearby can't fight City Hallcanterbury, Canterbury bell, Canterbury bells, Canterbury lamb, Canterbury Pilgrims, can't fight City Hall, cant frame, cantharid, cantharides, cantharus, canthectomy The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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