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
Bonifacy	baw-nee-FAH-tsi	Polish
MelİK	-	Turkish
Sonja	ZAWN-yah (German), SON-yah (Finnish)	German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonia
Annie	AN-ee (English)	English, French, Dutch
Mariella	mah-RYEL-lah	Italian
Tacitus	-	Ancient Roman