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yellow_brick_road

yellow brick road

See also: yellow-brick road

English

Noun

yellow brick road (plural yellow brick roads)

  1. (idiomatic, often humorous) A proverbial path to a Promised Land of one's hopes and dreams.
    • "'Route 80 is our yellow brick road,' he said." -The Times-Tribune
    • "But we're coming up on a bend in the yellow brick road, and going 'round it could cause the party lights to go dark quickly." -Motley Fool
    • "'My family and I are taking the first steps on the yellow brick road to the White House,' he said." -KansasCity.com
    • "But for Clinton the yellow brick road that led inevitably to the Democratic nomination has suddenly become a little bumpy." -The Sydney Morning Herald