Phrase info

the Street

Meaning

The Street is a shorthand for Wall Street and the broader financial industry. It refers to banks, traders, analysts, and the prevailing market mood or consensus.

Hypernyms

Examples

A man in the house is worth two in the street. Mae West

A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election. Bill Vaughan

Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street. Elbert Hubbard

It is one person in a street that kills a dog and the street is named a street of dog killers. Nigerian Proverb

By the street of "By-and-By” one arrives at the house of "Never.”. Spanish Proverb

Women and cats in the house, men and dogs in the street. Catalan Proverb

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