the world is someone's oyster

English

Etymology

• c. 1600, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 2, scene 2, 2–5

  Pistol: Why then the world's mine oyster / Which I with sword will open.

Proverb

the world is someone's oyster

1. All opportunities are open to someone; the world is theirs.

Derived terms

• the world is one's lobster

Translations

all opportunities are open to someone

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 世界屬於你／世界属于你 (shìjiè shǔyú nǐ), 世界属于你 (shìjiè shǔyú nǐ)

• Dutch: de wereld ligt aan iemands voeten
• Finnish: maailma on avoin
• German: die Welt liegt einem zu Füßen
• Hebrew: העולם פרוש לרגליך
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• Japanese: この世は思いのまま (kono yo wa omoi no mama)
• Polish: świat stoi przed kimś otworem (the world stands before someone as an opening)
• Russian: весь мир к твои́м услу́гам (vesʹ mir k tvoím uslúgam) (the whole world is to your services), всё в твои́х рука́х (vsjo v tvoíx rukáx) (everything is in your hands)
• Spanish: el mundo es tuyo, te vas a comer el mundo m

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Translations to be checked

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 能盡情享受生活中的一切快樂與機遇／能尽情享受生活中的一切快乐与机遇, ^{(please verify)} 能尽情享受生活中的一切快乐与机遇

• Japanese: 虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず (ja) (koketsu ni hairazunba koji o ezu)
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• Korean: 구슬이 서말이라도 꿰어야 보배 (guseuri seomarirado kkweeoya bobae)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} el mundo es tuyo, ^{(please verify)} te vas a comer el mundo

See also

• carpe diem
• seize the day
• take the bull by the horns
• the world is one's lobster