jungle of regulations
- noun
- Literature
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jungla de regulaciones
- Small business owners often feel lost in the jungle of regulations imposed by different agencies.
Examples
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The new law aims to cut through the jungle of regulations that slow down innovation.
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Navigating the jungle of regulations took more time than launching the actual project.
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Navigating the jungle of regulations can be overwhelming.
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Many businesses struggle with the jungle of regulations imposed by the government.
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Navigating the jungle of regulations took more time than launching the actual project.
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Small business owners often feel lost in the jungle of regulations imposed by different agencies.
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The new law aims to cut through the jungle of regulations that slow down innovation.
Synonyms
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6.3
A system run by officials who are not elected with many rules that makes things slow
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3.8
Official rules and steps that are slow and make things difficult
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7.4
Many rules that make doing things harder than necessary
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A set of ideas that guides how people act or how things work
Very complicated rules that are hard to follow or understand
Antonyms
How Complex
Surface Forms
Morphology
jungle + of + regulation
The phrase combines 'jungle' (a dense, chaotic environment) with 'regulations' (rules), so the figurative meaning — a dense, confusing mass of rules — is directly inferable from the constituents. This metaphorical mapping is common and follows a clear noun-of-noun compositional pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words will very likely understand the expression.
Etymology
Jungle of regulations paints a picture of a thick, wild jungle where people can get lost, but the 'plants' and paths are really regulations, meaning many confusing 'rules' and 'laws'. So, it means a large, confusing set of rules that is hard to find your way through.