Adjective
too big to fail
(finance, economics, politics) Deemed too important to the economy or polity to be allowed to “fail”, that is to be liquidated or to go bankrupt.
Synonym: TBTF
There should be no bank too big to fail and no individual too big to jail. Hillary Clinton
Wall Street won't change until we make it clear that no bank is too big to fail and no CEO is too big to jail. Bernie Sanders
I think that the Occupy movement is, in one sense, the public saying that they should be the ones to decide who's too big to fail. Alan Moore
At least Bank of America got its name right. The ultimate Too Big to Fail bank really is America, a hypergluttonous ward of the state whose limitless fraud and criminal conspiracies we'll all be paying for until the end of time. Matt Taibbi
Obama isn't just too big to fail. He's too big to know. Obama is so vital to the country and to the world, he must be kept out of the loop in order to save him from his failed presidency. Rush Limbaugh
The ocean is large and resilient, but it is not too big to fail. What we are taking out of the sea, what we are putting into the sea are actions that are undermining the most important thing the ocean delivers to humankind – our very existence. Sylvia Earle