📚 proverb • entry_id 39684
the world is someone's oyster
/ðə ˈwɜːld‿ɪz ˌsʌmwʌnz ˈɔɪstə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
el mundo es tuyo, te vas a comer el mundo
All opportunities are open to someone; the world is theirs.
But his wants were not at first great; and though his ambition was perhaps high, it was not of an impatient nature. The world was his oyster; but, circumstanced as he was, he knew…
Irregular gentlemen, to whom the world's their oyster,—said oyster does suddenly snap-to on them, by a chance.
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