Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “the powers that be” and its meaning is “the authorities, officials, officialdom, the people in charge, the establishment, the administration”.
Example Sentence: At this point, when the Russia-Ukraine conflict shows no signs of ceasing, the powers that be in tennis find themselves faced with a question: how do you convince the world that you are fighting the good fight, especially when there is little evidence to prove that measures like sporting sanctions do anything at all to affect the war? The question is especially pertinent in tennis, where patriotic sentiments rarely exert any influence…
This phrase is present in The Hindu article The faults in tennis and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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