take the path less chosen

take the path less chosen

To choose the less popular or common option. I took the path less chosen when I decided not to go to college, unlike all of my siblings. Quitting your job to do art full-time is certainly taking the path less chosen, but has it made you any happier?
See also: chosen, less, path, take
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • the path less chosen
  • the path less traveled
  • traveled
  • take the path less traveled
  • much less
  • even/much/still less
  • a little frog in a big pond
  • little frog in a big pond
  • go off the boil
  • under (someone's or something's) shadow