to walk down a yellow brick road
- idiom
- Informal
:
emprender un camino lleno de aventuras
- Their move to the city marked the moment they walked down a yellow brick road together into an unknown future.
Examples
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Starting a business can feel like you are walking down a yellow brick road, not knowing what lies ahead.
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She decided to walk down a yellow brick road in search of her dreams.
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After losing his job, he decided to walk down a yellow brick road in search of a new passion.
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Are you ready to walk down a yellow brick road?
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After losing his job, he decided to walk down a yellow brick road in search of a new passion.
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Starting a business can feel like you are walking down a yellow brick road, not knowing what lies ahead.
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She decided to walk down a yellow brick road in search of her dreams.
Synonyms
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8.2
To do risky, adventurous things outside your usual life
Antonyms
How Adventurous
- Informal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
walk + down + a + yellow + brick + road
The components 'walk' + 'down' + 'road' transparently suggest undertaking a journey, so a learner who knows the words can infer a basic meaning of going on a path. However, the distinctive sense of a fantastical, self-discovery adventure comes from the culturally specific image 'yellow brick road' (The Wizard of Oz) and is not predictable from the literal words 'yellow' + 'brick' + 'road' alone, so the full idiomatic meaning requires prior exposure.
Etymology
Walk down a yellow brick road comes from the story 'The Wizard of Oz', where Dorothy follows a bright yellow brick road into a strange land full of adventure. Because that road leads to unknown places, the phrase now means 'to start a journey into the unknown, often full of adventure and self-discovery'.