concrete jungle | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Anurbanor otherpopulatedarea containing a highdensityofbuildingsconstructed of concrete or similar materials, especially one which lacksgreeneryand which seemsunattractive,harsh, orunsafe.1948April 9, Richard Coe, “Hellinger Mixed Real Manhattan”, inWashington Post, page24:There is nothing quite like the affection of a transplanted New Yorker for his nativeconcrete jungle.2007October 29, “Spain aims to restore overdeveloped coastlines to a more natural look”, inInternational Herald Tribune‎[1]:Spain plans to restore a fifth of its coastline from overdevelopedconcrete jungleto a more natural state.

Examples:

EN: 'And out there in that great, big concrete jungle 'I wonder how many others there are like me 'poor, bedevilled guys on fire with thirst 'such comical figures to the rest of the world 'as they stagger blindly towards another binge another bender, another spree.'
ES: Yahí fuera, en esa gran jungla de asfalto... me pregunto cuántos otros hay como yo... pobres infelices plagados de problemas, muriéndose de sed... figuras tan cómicas para el resto del mundo... que se tambalean ciegamente hacia otra juerga... otra borrachera, otra racha.
EN: Tomorrow I'm back into the concrete jungle.
ES: Mañana regreso a la jungla de cemento.
EN: There are man-made mountains in Gotham City's concrete jungle.
ES: Hay montañas artificiales en la jungla de hormigón de Ciudad Gótica.
EN: A wild man from the XVI century thrown in the middle of a concrete jungle.
ES: Un típico salvaje del siglo XVI en el medio de la jungla de asfalto.
EN: Shut up in those ridiculous cities in a steel and concrete jungle, like machines.
ES: Encerrados en esas ridículas ciudades en una jungla de acero y concreto, como máquinas.
EN: You want me to become an architect. And like you construct a concrete jungle.
ES: ¿La misma vieja historia otra vez?
EN: Just because she hasn't been raised... in the concrete jungle of New York... doesn't mean she can't survive a weekend away from home.
ES: Que no se criara en la jungla de Nueva York no significa que no sobrevivirá un fin de semana fuera de casa.
EN: # Separate boys from men in the concrete jungle
ES: # Separate boys from men in the concrete jungle
EN: Formerly a dilapidated pier and converted just five years ago, the range offers the inhabitants of this concrete jungle the chance to keep their drives straight, their short games accurate, and most of all, brings the joys and frustrations of golf back to city folk.
ES: Anteriormente un muelle en ruinas y convertido hace sólo 5 años... este campo ofrece a los habitantes de la jungla de cemento... la oportunidad de practicar tiros, mejorar su juego... y devuelve la alegría y frustración del golf a la gente de la ciudad.
EN: - How goes it in the concrete jungle?
ES: - ¿Como te va en la jungla de cemento?
EN: These are the eyes that define the concrete jungle... as a place of paranoia... and intrusion.
ES: Aquí son las miradas que colocan la selva de piedra... como un lugar de paranoia... e invasión.
EN: And what chance did Zeberdee have as a kid, brought up in a concrete jungle on glue and hate?
ES: ¿Y qué oportunidad tuvo Zeberdee de niño creciendo en una jungla de concreto de odio y pegamento?
EN: Mad skills. Is that how they say it in the concrete jungle?
ES: Geniales. ¿Así lo dicen en la jungla de concreto?
EN: Or else he will change this lush-green.. ..forest into a concrete jungle.
ES: y hacer esta hermosa selva una jungla de cemento.
EN: The concrete jungle
ES: En la jungla de hormigón

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