brass ceiling

English

Etymology

From brass (“indicating high-ranking officers”) +‎ ceiling (“suggesting a barrier to upward advancement”).

Pronunciation

  • Audio (General Australian):(file)

Noun

brass ceiling (plural brass ceilings)

  1. (idiomatic) An unwritten, uncodified barrier to promotion or progression for women in law enforcement or the military.

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.