smoke-filled room
English
Noun
smoke-filled room (plural smoke-filled rooms)
- Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see smoke, filled, room.
- (idiomatic) A place where powerful people meet to decide a matter in secret, often of a political nature.
- 2009, Robert McCrum, "No Tóibín, no Trevor? Yes, it's time for more Booker controversy", The Guardian:
- In its first decade, prize business was settled in the smoke-filled rooms of London clubs, where it remained resolutely insular.
- 2013, Ted Cruz, "Ted Cruz Punches Back", National Review:
- If the forums in which we make this case consist of the smoke-filled rooms of Washington, the votes aren't there.
- 2009, Robert McCrum, "No Tóibín, no Trevor? Yes, it's time for more Booker controversy", The Guardian:
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