the Yellow Brick Road
/ðə ˌjeləʊ brɪk ˈrəʊd/
/ðə ˌjeləʊ brɪk ˈrəʊd/
- a course of action that a person takes believing that it will lead to good things. It comes from the Yellow Brick Road in The Wizard of Oz which Dorothy and her friends follow to the Emerald City.
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the Yellow Brick Road