asylum

the inmates are running the asylum

The people least capable of running a group or organization are now in charge. Said especially when the result is total chaos or calamity. With the primary schools giving their young students complete control over the curriculum, it seems as though the inmates are running the asylum. After the recent election, a new wave of political extremists have taken power in Congress. It looks like the inmates are now running the asylum.
See also: asylum, inmate, running

the inmates have taken over the asylum

The people least capable of running a group or organization are now in charge. Said especially when the result is total chaos or calamity. With the primary schools giving their young students complete control over the curriculum, it seems as though the inmates have taken over the asylum. After the recent election, a new wave of political extremists have taken power in Congress. It looks like the inmates have taken over the asylum.
See also: asylum, have, inmate, over, taken

the lunatics are running the asylum

The people least capable of running a group or organization are now in charge. Said especially when the result is total chaos or calamity. With the primary schools giving their young students complete control over the curriculum, it seems as though the lunatics are running the asylum. After the recent election, a new wave of political extremists have taken power in Congress. It looks like the lunatics are now running the asylum.
See also: asylum, lunatic, running

the lunatics have taken over the asylum

The people least capable of running a group or organization are now in charge. Said especially when the result is total chaos or calamity. With the primary schools giving their young students complete control over the curriculum, it seems as though the lunatics have taken over the asylum. After the recent election, a new wave of political extremists have taken power in Congress. It looks like the lunatics have taken over the asylum.
See also: asylum, have, lunatic, over, taken
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

lunatics have taken over the asylum, the

The individuals who should be overseen or regulated are running the show. The term appears to have been first used in 1919, when the four most powerful figures in the American film industry—Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, and D.W. Griffith—decided to found their own distribution company, called United Artists. In response the producer Richard Rowland remarked, “The lunatics have taken over the asylum.” The remark got wide publicity and entered the language, subsequently applied to many other situations of a comparable nature and becoming a cliché. In 1981 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer absorbed United Artists but retained the name, but in 2004 Sony Corporation agreed to buy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and the future of United Artists was in doubt.
See also: have, lunatic, over, taken
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
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  • inmate
  • lunatics have taken over the asylum, the
  • the inmates are running the asylum
  • the inmates have taken over the asylum
  • the lunatics are running the asylum
  • the lunatics have taken over the asylum
  • able to cut
  • able to cut it
  • able to cut something
  • not know if (one) is coming or going
References in periodicals archive
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Trump Moves To End Asylum Protections For Central Americans
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Asylum-seekers increase globally
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Asylum seekers from Pakistan shoot up by 280pc
Of them, he said that of the 1698 asylum seekers the applications of 869 have been cleared for refugee status.
Refugee status of over 800 asylum seekers in Sri Lanka cleared
The asylum seekers held up signs calling for an end to racism and sexual harassment in the workplace, while in view of encouraging the government to increase employment opportunities other signs read "Idleness is killing us" and "We want to contribute to the economy."
Asylum seekers mobilise over limited work opportunities
Some say the increase in people seeking asylum is evidence the world has grown more dangerous.
Waves of immigrants overwhelm asylum process
The authorities received 178 asylum applications in 2018, up from 166 applications received in 2017.
Slovakia only granted five people asylum last year
Two Chinese nationals were meant to transfer through Taoyuan International Airport en route to Beijing, but instead missed their flight and sought political asylum in Taiwan.
Taiwan will not deport Chinese asylum seeking duo: report
Ruby Powers didn't rush to celebrate when her client, a Honduran mother who has been separated from her 15-year-old son and detained for four months, passed her second "credible fear" interview to restart the asylum process.
Migrants get a second chance at asylum. But it's still "an uphill battle."
THE UK took in just a tenth as many asylum seekers as some European countries last year, relative to its population.
WELCOMING THE ASYLUM SEEKERS
" A spokesperson for Migrant Help UK said: "Working in the immigration sector, we know that there is a common misconception thataccepted one for every of its last year the UK faces an influx of asylum seekers, when in fact its share of Europe's asylum claims is around three per cent."
WELCOMING THE ASYLUM SEEKERS; THE COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST ACCEPTANCE RATE OF ASYLUM SEEKERS, BASED ON POPULATION
In a recent ruling, Attorney General Jeff Sessions ruled that women who were victims of domestic violence, and people fleeing gang violence in their home country, are not eligible for asylum in the US.
Attorney General Sessions getting tougher on asylum applicants
PROTESTERS gathered to demonstrate outside Jomast's offices for improvements to housing conditions for asylum seekers.
Protesters take to street over housing conditions