| 单词 | world is one's oyster, the |
| 释义 | world is one's oyster, theEverything is going well, as in I was younger then, and the world was my oyster. In this term the oyster is something from which to extract great profit (a pearl). It was probably invented by Shakespeare in The Merry Wives of Windsor (2:2): “Why then, the world's mine oyster, which I with sword will open.” Words nearby world is one's oyster, theThe wish is father of the deed, thewless, The wolf shall also dwell with the lamb, Women at Point Sur, The, the works, world is one's oyster, the, “The World Is Too Much with Us”, The world must be made safe for democracy, The worm turns, wrong end of the stick, the, they The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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