an unseen (glass) barrier for women and people who belong to minority groups in climbing up the corporate, political or the ladder of success regardless of whether they are qualified for the job
the end to which women can climb up on a figurative ladder
The woman made every attempt but could not break the highest and the toughest glass ceiling.
I have reached the glass ceiling now and breaking out is the only way for me to proceed.
There is no origin for this idiom
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