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Nov 13, 2014 17:11: Darius Saczuk changed "Field (specific)" from "Other" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"

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the world is your oyster, holds the door open for you

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The world is oyster - Idioms by The Free Dictionary
idioms.thefreedictionary.com/The+world+is+oyster
if the world is your oyster, you have the ability and the freedom to do anything or go anywhere
You're young and healthy and you've got no commitments, so the world is your oyster
Peer comment(s):

agree Monika Wojewoda
2 hrs
Dziękuję, Moniko.
agree petrolhead
3 hrs
Dzięki, petrolhead.
agree Kasia Bogucka : Też nasuwa mi się jako pierwsze.
1 day 34 mins
Kind thanks, Kasiu.
agree Jacek Konopka
2 days 13 hrs
Thank you, Jacku.
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1 min

be wide open

Kościuszko
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agree clairee
1 hr
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23 mins

The world is yours for the taking - carpe diem!

Carpe diem (seize the day) is not absolutely necessary.
Peer comment(s):

agree Monika Wojewoda
2 hrs
Thank you, Monika. The world awaits you with open arms.
agree Jacek Konopka
2 days 13 hrs
Thank you, Jacek.
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2 hrs

the world is treating you great, paradise

;)

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I'll remember all the little things we've done ...

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otherwise -- the world is treating you bad, misery ;)
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3 hrs

(to have the) World at your feet/The World is waiting for you/

World at your feet: If everything is going well and the future looks full of opportunity, you have the world at your feet.

http://www.english-for-students.com/Idioms-W.html

Second option:

"What do you want to be when you grow up?" is a question kids get asked over and over. But very few connections are made for kids between the present and the future. This book shows kids a pathway from their current interests and talents to a future career or interest. And in so doing, it also encourages adventure, exploration, and discovery, three core principles of National Geographic's mission. It's a celebration of possibility—so simple and so profound.

http://shop.nationalgeographic.com/ngs/product/green-books/t...

http://www.iwcc.edu/Future_Student/
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2 days 13 hrs
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The sky ist the limit (w pewnych kontekstach) tylko jako propozycja w nawiasie

Definition 1:
The sky's the limit.
something that you say which means there is no limit to what something or someone can achieveWith two important film roles and a major award, it seems like the sky's the limit for this talentedyoung actress.

Definition2:
Meaning
There is no apparent limit.
Origin
Some sources claim that 'the sky's the limit' was coined by Cervantes inDon Quixote. This appears to add to the list of popular fallacies about coinages attributed to Cervantes; for example, 'wild goose chase' and 'don't put all your eggs in one basket'. These phrases were introduced in early translations into English of Don Quixote which are now regarded by scholars as loose paraphrases of the original. None of these phrases appear in Cervantes' original text.
The latter two phrases given above are both quite old, that is, 17th century. 'The sky's the limit' is much more recent. It originated at a time of optimism and progress - in the USA just before WWI. The earliest citation I can find is from the New York newspaper The Syracuse Herald, September 1911:
"Then good luck, and remember the sky's the limit."
A slightly earlier, modified version of the phrase appeared in the US newspaperThe Stevens Point Daily Journal, in August 1899:
"When the papers were arranged, the players got a new deck of cards, and there was not a word passed while the cards were being chuffled. The sky was to be the limit until the $50,000 was reached."
The adoption of the expression was no doubt influenced by the invention of the aeroplane. The phrase was picked up and used as the title of a Fred Astaire/Joan Leslie film at another time of intense interest in powered flight, in the middle of WWII - 1943.
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/skys-the-limit.html
Definition 3:
Idiom: Sky is the limit
Idiom Definitions for 'Sky is the limit'
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When people say that the sky is the limit, they think that there are no limits to the possibilities something could have.


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Definition from Urban Dictionary
'sky is the limit'
unlimited. no limitation. reaching out as far as you can.
sky is the limit when i hustle.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=sky is the li...
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