ticket to ride
- idiom
- Informal
:
oportunidad dorada
- That invention was her ticket to ride out of poverty.
Examples
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Graduating from a top university became his ticket to ride in the business world.
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Getting a scholarship is your ticket to ride in this competitive field.
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For many athletes, a college scholarship is their ticket to ride.
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She finally received her ticket to ride after years of hard work.
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For many athletes, a college scholarship is their ticket to ride to a successful career.
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Graduating from a top university became his ticket to ride to a better job and financial stability.
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Her new skills were her ticket to ride out of a challenging situation and into a brighter future.
Synonyms
18
3.2
A rare chance to do something important
5
6.1
Exactly what you need in a particular situation
4
4.1
A special chance that gives a person an easy way to succeed
How Valuable
1
5.6
- Informal
38
3.2
- Informal
∞
2.0
18
4.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The constituents 'ticket' (a document granting access) and 'ride' (a journey or something you get to take part in) together signal permission or access, so a learner could infer this refers to being granted an opportunity or entry. However, extending that to the specific sense 'an opportunity to achieve success' is a metaphorical shift and not fully predictable from the parts alone, making it only partially transparent to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Ticket to ride comes from the simple image of travel: if you have a ticket, you can take a ride and go somewhere new. So, saying something is your ticket to ride means it is 'a chance to move forward or get into a better situation'.