| 单词 | the world is one's oyster |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe world is one's oyster P2. the world is one's oyster (in allusion to the possibility of finding a pearl in an oyster): one is in a position to profit from the opportunities that life, or a particular situation, may offer. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > an opportunity > while opportunity exists [phrase] > have opportunity > the world offers opportunities the world is one's oystera1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) ii. ii. 5 Why then the world's mine Oyster, which I, with sword will open. View more context for this quotation 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. viii. ix. 315 Invested with full powers to make the world his oyster, and leave nothing but the shell to his unpatented competitors. 1858 A. Trollope Dr. Thorne I. iii. 58 The world was his oyster; but, circumstanced as he was, he knew it was not for him to open it with his lancet all at once. 1930 J. A. Williamson Short Hist. Brit. Expansion (ed. 2) II. vi. ii. 183 Laissez-faire, with its cosmopolitan view of the world as the trader's oyster. 1997 Gallop! Jan. 26 The world's your oyster when it comes to adventures on horseback. < as lemmas |
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