Idiom:  The world is your oyster

An oyster on the beach with a pearl inside. The idiom "the world is your oyster" definition and example: My daughter decided to volunteer in Africa. She's young and the world is her 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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