to go on one's merry way
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7.0
- idiom
:
seguir su camino
- After finishing her work for the day, she decided to go on her merry way and enjoy the sunshine.
Examples
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"Yes, I'm bumping you now," and everyone went on their merry way.
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Seriously, either look at the cake and go, "OK, that's cool," and go on your merry way or keep quiet.
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Then you go on your merry way.
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"We get it built, we fuel it up, we go on our merry way, every single person who wants to.
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Three months later, you each go on your merry way.
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We got some amoxicillin and went on our merry way.
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Go on your merry way; no harm, no foul.
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My ex-lodger was caught a couple of times for speeding, paid the policeman, and went on his merry way.
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Sensing he wasn't a "fan" of the President, we thanked him for his time and went on our merry way.
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If they do know why they're voting a certain way, then that's cool, and we should all agree to disagree and go on our merry way.
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Synonyms
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4.6
To go on happily after leaving someone or somewhere
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is directly built from transparent parts: 'go on one's way' means to continue/leave, and 'merry' simply adds a happy/cheerful manner, so the overall sense of continuing happily and without concern is compositionally predictable. This adjective+noun + motion/continuation pattern is common cross-linguistically, so an average B1 learner who knows the constituents would very likely infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
The idiom go on one's merry way paints a simple picture: someone walking down a way with a merry, or 'happy', step and not stopping for problems. So it means 'to continue' or keep going 'without worry' and cheerfully.