smoke-filled room

A secluded, private place hidden from the knowledge of the public. Usually refers to deals and policies made in business and politics, and often implies a degree of questionable ethics or scruples. What we're discovering now is that the heads of the studios decided in a smoke-filled room nearly 60 years ago to implement policies that would ensure no competitors would intrude on their lucrative market. People are becoming increasingly frustrated that our entire lives are dictated by a powerful few in smoke-filled rooms in Washington.

See also: room

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

smoke-filled room

a room where a small group of people make important decisions. (Usually used in reference to political parties.) The smoke-filled rooms are still producing the candidates for most offices, despite all the political reforms. The deal was cut in a smoke-filled room.

See also: room

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

a smoke-filled room

COMMON If someone says that a political or business decision is made in a smoke-filled room, they mean that it is made by a small group of people in a private meeting, rather than in a more democratic or open way. We're not going to see a return to the smoke-filled room, in which a few ministers and company bosses made all the decisions. Note: This was first used to refer to the suite in the Blackstone Hotel in Chicago where Warren Harding was chosen as the Republican presidential candidate in 1920.

See also: room

Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

smoke-filled room

n. a room where a small group of people make important decisions. (Usually used in reference to political parties.) The smoke-filled rooms are still producing the candidates for most offices, even as we approach the year 2000.

See also: room

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

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a smoke-filled room
in a smoke-filled room
nose around for (someone or something)
big fish in a small pond
big frog in a small pond
frog in a small pond
a big fish in a small pond
a big frog in a small pond
know too much
amount to the same thing

References in periodicals archive

For many years, wealthy, powerful white men would meet in smoke-filled rooms to decide who would be their nominee for President.

Bargains and beauty contests

In Derek's day, for example, firefighters had cork helmets and were always dressed in black, which, as he said, was a bit of nonsense when you think about it, when it was important to identify the whereabouts of colleagues operating in dark, smoke-filled rooms.

Fire crews carried coins for phone box

Three children died in an ambulance on the way to hospital yesterday after being rescued from a blazing smoke-filled room in a house in Goldenhill, Stoke-on-Trent.

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释义	smoke-filled room smoke-filled room A secluded, private place hidden from the knowledge of the public. Usually refers to deals and policies made in business and politics, and often implies a degree of questionable ethics or scruples. What we're discovering now is that the heads of the studios decided in a smoke-filled room nearly 60 years ago to implement policies that would ensure no competitors would intrude on their lucrative market. People are becoming increasingly frustrated that our entire lives are dictated by a powerful few in smoke-filled rooms in Washington. See also: room Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. smoke-filled room a room where a small group of people make important decisions. (Usually used in reference to political parties.) The smoke-filled rooms are still producing the candidates for most offices, despite all the political reforms. The deal was cut in a smoke-filled room. See also: room McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. a smoke-filled room COMMON If someone says that a political or business decision is made in a smoke-filled room, they mean that it is made by a small group of people in a private meeting, rather than in a more democratic or open way. We're not going to see a return to the smoke-filled room, in which a few ministers and company bosses made all the decisions. Note: This was first used to refer to the suite in the Blackstone Hotel in Chicago where Warren Harding was chosen as the Republican presidential candidate in 1920. See also: room Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. smoke-filled room n. a room where a small group of people make important decisions. (Usually used in reference to political parties.) The smoke-filled rooms are still producing the candidates for most offices, even as we approach the year 2000. See also: room McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: a smoke-filled room in a smoke-filled room nose around for (someone or something) big fish in a small pond big frog in a small pond frog in a small pond a big fish in a small pond a big frog in a small pond know too much amount to the same thing References in periodicals archive For many years, wealthy, powerful white men would meet in smoke-filled rooms to decide who would be their nominee for President. Bargains and beauty contests In Derek's day, for example, firefighters had cork helmets and were always dressed in black, which, as he said, was a bit of nonsense when you think about it, when it was important to identify the whereabouts of colleagues operating in dark, smoke-filled rooms. Fire crews carried coins for phone box Three children died in an ambulance on the way to hospital yesterday after being rescued from a blazing smoke-filled room in a house in Goldenhill, Stoke-on-Trent. Archive However, we also know that stress can trigger an asthma attack just as much as a smoke-filled room. Stress management & healthy diets: strategies for allergy and asthma relief Earlier, part-time firemen and soldiers tackling a 5am house blaze in Sincil Bank, Lincoln, found a man's body in a smoke-filled room. It was unclear how he died. 2 DIE IN BLAZES ANIMAL lover Alexandra Gilmour dragged an unconscious dog from a smoke-filled room - and saved the hound with the kiss of life. Kiss of life saves dog caught in fire Unlike many of his comrades who disdained hand-to-hand politicking and the nitty-gritty of the smoke-filled room, Ickes reveled in it. The mob and the deputy chief of staff If I were a more cynical man, I'd start to think there was an agenda, that someone in some smoke-filled room somewhere is intent that we can't think of Europe without thinking of swarms of refugees stampeding our borders. EU-thanasia: a slow, boring death in front of the TV news; MY SHOUT As it says in our story today, you wouldn't sit a baby in a smoke-filled room. Our say DOCTOR EVIL Yusef stands over Masood PLOT Phil tells Denise he is going inside TERROR Zainab has to be held back BLAST Not much hope for those in B&B FIRE BUG Heartbroken Becky lights old photo HERO Nicky bravely enters smoke-filled room It's flamin' Christmas BLAST Not much hope for those in B&B DOCTOR EVIL Yusef stands over Masood PLOT Phil tells Denise he is going inside HERO Nicky bravely enters smoke-filled room CORRIE FIRE BUG Heartbroken Becky lights old photo It's flaming Christmas Yashin Saeed thought that her son, Muctas, had stopped breathing before firefighters rescued him from the smoke-filled room in Gillott Road, Edgbaston. Baby chokes on smoke from cooker "My committee is determined to do the job properly so that we can put this issue behind us and to do so through a process in which the public can have confidence, not set up in a smoke-filled room with conversations with the party leaders but a process under which anyone who has views can give them to us." Revelations of MPs' "flipping" of main and second home designations to maximise claims and the wide range of items on which claims had been allowed were very worrying, he said. Watchdog refuses to save MPs blushes A MAN was dragged by neighbours from a smoke-filled room where he thought his brother was trapped. We were lucky to survive house fire; MAN IS DRAGGED FROM BEDROOM Somehow, despite having had a recent hip replacement, the woman managed to scramble out of the smoke-filled room. Smoker who fell asleep lucky to be alive
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