English Explanatory Dictionary

there is no war in Ba Sing Se

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. Nothing is going on; everything is under control; it is business as usual (suggesting that important information is being covered up).

Word forms

there is no war in Ba Sing Se there's no war in Ba Sing Se there's no war within the walls

Etymology

From the episode "City of Walls and Secrets" of the American animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender, aired on September 22, 2006, in which the corrupt officials of the city Ba Sing Se try to keep order by hypnotizing citizens to believe that "there's ^([sic]) no war in Ba Sing Se", even as the city is being besieged.

Related words

we have always been at war with Eastasia
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