{"id":4811,"date":"2017-04-13T22:59:22","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T21:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nadinka.webd.pl\/letslearnenglish\/?p=4811"},"modified":"2017-06-18T23:00:39","modified_gmt":"2017-06-18T22:00:39","slug":"the-world-is-your-oyster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/letslearnenglish.com\/lv\/the-world-is-your-oyster\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The world is your oyster&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you had many opportunities in life?<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an expression about good luck and opportunities.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceNonEditable clearboth\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: <span class=\"example\">&#8221; I don&#8217;t know what to do now I&#8217;ve finished university! What do you think?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"example\">B: &#8220;You can do anything you want \u2013 <strong>the world is your oyster! <\/strong> You could travel for a year, or get a job&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>B:<span class=\"example\"> &#8221; You&#8217;re young and healthy, no commitments \u2013 <strong>the world is your oyster<\/strong>!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"mceNonEditable clearboth\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> To be in a fortunate position that you can choose to take the opportunities that life has to offer. The world is yours!<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceNonEditable clearboth\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>History, origin of this phrase:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This phrase was coined by William Shakespeare and first appears in his play <em>The Merry Wives Of Windsor.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Falstaff:<\/strong> \u201cI will not lend thee a penny\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pistol<\/strong>: \u201cWhy then the world&#8217;s mine oyster\/Which I with sword will open.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceNonEditable clearboth\"><\/div>\n<p>You will find more unusual idiomatic phrases like that here: www.letslearnenglish.co.uk<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you had many opportunities in life? Here&#8217;s an expression about good luck and opportunities. Example: A: &#8221; I don&#8217;t know what to do now I&#8217;ve finished university! What do you think?&#8221; B: &#8220;You can do anything you want \u2013 the world is your oyster! You could travel for a year, or get a job&#8221;. 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