stained glass ceiling
n.— «Some women will say, let’s take these crumbs.…I say, we’ve got to stop licking up the floors and break the stained glass ceiling.» —“Catholic Bishops Retreat On the Roles of Women” by Ari L. Goldman New York Times Apr. 9, 1992. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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