world is one's oyster, the
the world is (one's) oyster
One can do anything one wants in life. You have so much talent at such a young age—the world is your oyster!
See also: oyster, world
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
world is one's oyster, the
Everything 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."
See also: world
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
- the world is (one's) oyster
- the world is one’s oyster
- The world is oyster
- the world is your oyster
- come into the world
- for all the world as if (someone or something)
- on the trot
- citizen of the world
- all over the world
- see the world