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asphalt jungle

idiom

A city or urban area, where the landscape is covered by pavement and the environment is alienating and unsafe.


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Related idioms3entries
  1. 01

    concrete jungle

    An urban or other populated area containing a high density of buildings constructed of concrete or similar materials, especially one which lacks greenery and which seems unattractive, harsh, or unsafe.

  2. 02

    jungle telegraph

    A system used by primitive cultures in remote tropical regions for communication over long distances, such as drum sounds or a relay of runners.

  3. 03

    King of the Jungle

    The lion; Panthera leo.

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