You can’t fight city hall
(you) can't fight city hall
You cannot defeat or prevail over a bureaucratic system or its rules. You might as well pay those parking tickets now because you'll never win in court. You can't fight city hall, after all.
See also: city, fight, hall
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
You can’t fight city hall
sent. You cannot fight a bureaucracy. You can’t fight city hall. Pay the parking ticket and forget it.
See also: city, fight, hall
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- (you) can't fight city hall
- can't fight City Hall
- hall
- you can't fight City Hall
- go fight city hall
- city
- win out
- make (one) pay through the nose
- win out over (someone or something)
- red tape