corridors of power
nounEtymology
Popularized by C. P. Snow in Homecomings (1956) and Corridors of Power (1964).
Definitions
The buildings and offices that powerful people, especially politicians, are visualised as…
The buildings and offices that powerful people, especially politicians, are visualised as inhabiting; (by extension) the highest tiers of government or other organisation, where important decisions are made.
- The official world, the corridors of power, the dilemmas of conscience and egotism—she disliked them all.
- When angry construction workers seeking unpaid wages stormed a site office in Yau Tong in July 2002, their violent clash with the police set alarm bells ringing in the corridors of power.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA