A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations

City Editor (UK) • City Editor (U.S.)
City Editor —(UK) the editor dealing with financial news
in a newspaper or magazine: Often comment by the City Ed-
itors precipitated a run on shares.
City Editor —(U.S.) the editor dealing with local news: The
City Editor directs the work of the reporters, whose duty is to
gather all the local intelligence of the day.
City man • city man
City man —(UK) a person engaged in commerce or finance:
He had made his mark in the mercantile world as a thoroughly
representative City-man.
city man —
1
. an inhabitant of a city (as contrasted with a
countryman): Mr. White might have made a whole book out
of being a city man on a farm. 2. a fellow-inhabitant of a city:
He headed out for Calgary or Edmonton, or any American
city…. It didn’t matter. Everywhere he found his city men.
City of Angels • City of Saints
City of Angels —Los Angeles (California, USA): From The
City of Angels to the City of Saints: The struggle to build a
railroad from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City.
City of Saints —
1
. Montreal (Quebec, Canada): Martin said
he came from a city of saints, where all the streets were named
after saints. 2. Salt Lake City (Utah, USA): The “City of
Saints” grew from the toil and resolve of a hardy band of Mor-
mon pioneers.
Note: 
Neither expression correlates in meaning with the phrase
City of God
—
1
. heaven as an ideal abode of bliss: The Chris-
tians were convinced that the “City of God” was infinitely
more important than happiness on earth. 2. (also: Holy City)
Jerusalem (in Christian and Judaic tradition): The city of God,
Jerusalem represents a sphere in which God’s interests are pro-
tected and God’s dominion is exercised.