law of the jungle

English

Etymology

Introduced by Rudyard Kipling in his book, The Jungle Book.

Pronunciation

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Noun

law of the jungle

(idiomatic) The survival of the fittest, strongest, or most cunning

Translations

The survival of the fittest

Arabic: شريعَة الغاب‎ f, قانون الغابَة‎ m
Finnish: viidakon laki
French: loi de la jungle (fr) f, loi du plus fort f
Galician: lei da selva f
Hungarian: a dzsungel törvénye, farkasok törvénye, farkastörvény
Japanese: 弱肉強食 (ja) (jakuniku kyōshoku)
Korean: 약육강식(弱肉强食) (ko) (yagyukgangsik)
Polish: prawo dżungli (pl) n, prawo pięści n, wilcze prawo n
Portuguese: lei da selva f
Romanian: legea junglei f
Russian: зако́н джу́нглей (ru) m (zakón džúnglej)
Spanish: ley de la selva f
Swedish: djungelns lag

See also

free-for-all

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