the road less traveled

the road less traveled

The less popular or common option. The phrase is typically associated with Robert Frost's 1916 poem "The Road Not Taken." I took the road less traveled when I decided not to go to college, unlike all of my siblings. Quitting your job to do art full-time is certainly the road less traveled, but has it made you happier?
See also: less, road, traveled
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • take the path less traveled
  • traveled
  • the path less traveled
  • the path less chosen
  • take the path less chosen
  • half a loaf
  • loaf
  • much less
  • even/much/still less
  • go off the boil