Idiom
asphalt jungle
Meaning
A city or urban area, where the landscape is covered by pavement and the environment is alienating and unsafe.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Life in the asphalt jungle is often loud and stressful.”
“After moving from the quiet countryside, he found it difficult to adjust to the noise and crowds of the asphalt jungle.”
“The weary traveler navigated the cold, gray streets of the asphalt jungle, feeling entirely disconnected from the natural world he once called home.”
Examples
simple
“Life in the asphalt jungle is often loud and stressful.”
contextual
“After moving from the quiet countryside, he found it difficult to adjust to the noise and crowds of the asphalt jungle.”
complex
“The weary traveler navigated the cold, gray streets of the asphalt jungle, feeling entirely disconnected from the natural world he once called home.”
Origin
From W. R. Burnett's novel The Asphalt Jungle (1949).
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