Idiom: The world is your oyster
Meaning
Idiom: the world is your oyster
- used to say that you can do anything or go anywhere you want in life.
Note: The saying comes from the writer's Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor.
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Example sentences
— That's awesome you're learning English. With English, the world is your oyster!
— You're young and beautiful. Don't be sad, the world is your oyster.
— I asked my mom that if she thinks the world is my oyster, why won't she let me travel to Europe this summer.
— Ahh, to feel like the world is my oyster again.
— With your degrees from Harvard and MIT, the world is your oyster.
— After I got my first job I truly felt like the world was my oyster.
— We're concerned about our son. He doesn't want to leave home when the world is his oyster right now.
— Young Americans should feel like the world is their oyster but instead they are dying under student loan debt and afraid of being shot at school.
— I remember when I felt like the world was my oyster and I was free to do anything.
— In retirement, the world has become our oyster again.
Synonyms
- is yours for the taking / be (one's) for the taking
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