asphalt jungle

asphalt jungle
any large, crowded city or urban area regarded as a dangerous place where people are engaged in a struggle for survival.
[appar. coined by George Ade in a fable published in 1917; popularized by a novel of the same title (1949) by W.R. Burnett (born 1899), U.S. novelist and screenwriter]

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  • asphalt jungle — noun Date: 1920 a big city or a specified part of a big city …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • asphalt jungle — as′phalt jun′gle n. cvb soc a crowded urban area regarded as a dangerous place where people struggle constantly for survival • Etymology: 1915–20, amer …   From formal English to slang

  • The Asphalt Jungle — Infobox Film name = The Asphalt Jungle image size = 250 caption = Theatrical poster director = John Huston producer = Arthur Hornblow Jr. writer = W. R. Burnett Ben Maddow John Huston starring = Sterling Hayden Louis Calhern Jean Hagen James… …   Wikipedia

  • The Asphalt Jungle — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel: Asphalt Dschungel Originaltitel: The Asphalt Jungle Produktionsland: USA Erscheinungsjahr: 1950 Länge: 112 Minuten Originalsprache: Englisch …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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