the law is an ass

Said of a law that one thinks is unnecessary or ridiculous. The phrase comes from Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist: "The law is a ass—an idiot." I can't believe it's now illegal to park on my street, for no apparent reason. The law is an ass!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Viljem	-	Slovene
Tameka	tə-MEE-kə	English
Babar	-	Urdu
Gisila	-	Ancient Germanic
Janine	zha-NEEN (French), jə-NEEN (English)	French, English, Dutch, German
Iulian	-	Romanian