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
Aghavni	-	Armenian
Euclid	YOO-klid (English)	Ancient Greek (Anglicized)
Vilis	-	Latvian
Argyris	-	Greek
Kristine	kris-TEEN (English), kris-TEE-nə (German)	Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, English, German
Nela	-	Croatian, Slovak, Portuguese, Czech