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pastures new pastures newA new job or place to live that offers new experiences or opportunities. Primarily heard in UK. Starting next month, I'll be packing up my job with the newspaper and heading off to pastures new. I've loved living in London, but it's time to find pastures new.See also: new, pasturepastures new BRITISHCOMMON If someone moves on to pastures new, they leave their present place or situation and move to a new one. Michael decided he wanted to move on to pastures new for financial reasons. I found myself packing a suitcase and heading for pastures new. Note: You can also talk about moving on to new pastures or fresh pastures. No matter how much we long for new pastures, when we reach them they can seem like a bad idea. Note: This is a quotation from `Lycidas' (1638) by the English poet Milton: `At last he rose, and twitch'd his Mantle blew: Tomorrow to fresh Woods, and Pastures new.' This is sometimes wrongly quoted as `fresh fields and pastures new'. See also: new, pasture(fresh fields and) pastures new a place or activity regarded as offering new opportunities. The expression is a slightly garbled version of a line from Milton's poem Lycidas ( 1637 ): ‘Tomorrow to fresh woods and pastures new’.See also: new, pastureˌpastures ˈnew a new job, place to live, way of life, etc: After 10 years as a teacher, Jen felt it was time to move on to pastures new. ♢ Without warning, she left him for pastures new.See also: new, pasture |