corridors of power

Noun

corridors of power pl (plural only)

1. (plural, plural-only) The buildings and offices that powerful people, especially politicians, are visualised as inhabiting; (by extension) the highest tiers of government or other organisation, where important decisions are made.
   • The official world, the corridors of power, the dilemmas of conscience and egotism—she disliked them all.1956, C. P. Snow, chapter 22, in Homecomings (Strangers and Brothers)
   • When angry construction workers seeking unpaid wages stormed a site office in Yau Tong in July 2002, their violent clash with the police set alarm bells ringing in the corridors of power.2011, Alvin Y. So, “The Development of Post-Modernist Social Movements”, in Jeffrey Broadbent, Vicky Brockman, editors, East Asian Social Movements: Power, Protest, and Change in a Dynamic Region...