world is my oyster, the

Everything is going well for me. This metaphor, alluding to the world as a place from which to extract profit, just as one takes pearls from oysters, may have been coined by Shakespeare. He used it in The Merry Wives of Windsor (2.2): “Why then, the world’s mine oyster, Which I with Sword will open.” It is heard less often today.

词组	world is my oyster, the
释义	world is my oyster, the world is my oyster, the Everything is going well for me. This metaphor, alluding to the world as a place from which to extract profit, just as one takes pearls from oysters, may have been coined by Shakespeare. He used it in The Merry Wives of Windsor (2.2): “Why then, the world’s mine oyster, Which I with Sword will open.” It is heard less often today. See also: world The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: extract extract (something) from (someone or something) extract from slip over on slip something over on Nixon Nixon goes to China Nixon in China Nixon to China what are you, was he, etc. getting at?
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