- Go fight City Hall
English-Russian dictionary of regional studies. 2013.
Go fight City Hall
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You can’t fight city hall. — sent. You cannot fight a bureaucracy. □ I finally gave up. You can’t fight city hall. □ You can’t fight city hall. Pay the parking ticket and forget it … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
you can't fight city hall — This phrase is used when one is so cynical that one doesn t think one can change their Representatives. The phrase must have started with frustration towards a local body of government … The small dictionary of idiomes
city hall — ☆ city hall n. 1. a building which houses the offices of a municipal government 2. a municipal government fight city hall Informal to take up the apparently futile fight against petty or impersonal bureaucratic authority … English World dictionary
city hall — cit′y hall′ n. 1) gov the administration building of a city government 2) gov a city government 3) gov Informal. bureaucratic rules and regulations, esp. of a city government: You can t fight city hall[/ex] • Etymology: 1665–75, amer … From formal English to slang
city hall — noun a) The building that houses a citys government. The vice mayor has an office on the third floor of city hall. b) The city government; government in general. You cant fight city hall … Wiktionary
city hall — (often caps.) 1. the administration building of a city government. 2. a city administration or government. 3. Informal. a bureaucracy or bureaucratic rules and regulations, esp. that of a city government: You can t fight city hall. [1665 75, Amer … Universalium
city hall — noun Date: 1675 1. the chief administrative building of a city 2. a. a municipal government b. city officialdom or bureaucracy < you can t fight city hall > … New Collegiate Dictionary
Boston City Hall — Coordinates: 42°21′37.16″N 71°3′28.68″W / 42.3603222°N 71.0579667°W / 42.3603222; 71.0579667 … Wikipedia
Boston City Hall — Die Boston City Hall ist das Rathaus von Boston, der Hauptstadt von Massachusetts. Das von dem Architekturbüro Kallmann McKinnell Wood im Stil des Brutalismus entworfene Gebäude wurde von 1963 bis 1968 erbaut und liegt im Government Center in… … Deutsch Wikipedia
can't fight the city hall — This expression means that it is useless to try to win a battle against a politician, establishment or bureaucracy ingeneral. Brian decided it was a waste of energy trying to obtain a tax refund you can t fight the city hall … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
City and town halls — imagestack A city hall or town hall is the chief administrative building of a city [http://www.merriam webster.com/dictionary/city+hall Definition of city hall. Merriam Webster Online Dictionary.] Retrieved on 2008 07 13.] or town s… … Wikipedia
