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not in Kansas anymore

not in Kansas anymore adjective: no longer in quiet and comfortable surroundings.

Adjective

not in Kansas anymore

  1. (US, colloquial, idiomatic) No longer in quiet and comfortable surroundings.
    • As soon as I walked into that party I thought, "I'm not in Kansas anymore."
    • John Crosbie? A Tory government? You could be forgiven if your first reaction was the feeling that you weren't in Kansas anymore.1986 April, Gerald Hannon, “Leaving Kansas”, in The Body Politic, number 125, Pink Triangle Press, page 8

Examples of not in Kansas anymore in a sentence

  • But when a courtroom jury, asked for its verdict, breaks into song, we know we're not in Kansas anymore.1990 October 1, “Critics' Voices”, in Time, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2013:
  • C++ meets all three of these classic criteria of object-orientedness, but once you really start to take advantage of them in your programs, you'll find you're definitely not in Kansas anymore.1991 July, Ray Duncan, “Power Programming”, in PC Magazine, page 444:

Synonyms of not in Kansas anymore

Forms of not in Kansas anymore

alternative formnot in Kansas any more

Origin of not in Kansas anymore

From the film The Wizard of Oz (1939), in which Dorothy states, “Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.”

Questions about not in Kansas anymore

What does not in Kansas anymore mean?
Not in Kansas anymore means no longer in quiet and comfortable surroundings.
How do you use not in Kansas anymore in a sentence?
But when a courtroom jury, asked for its verdict, breaks into song, we know we're not in Kansas anymore.
What part of speech is not in Kansas anymore?
Not in Kansas anymore is an adjective.

Words near not in Kansas anymore in the dictionary

  1. not if I see you first
  2. not if, but when
  3. not in a million
  4. not in a million years
  5. not in Kansas any more
  6. not in Kansas anymore
  7. not in the least
  8. not in the slightest
  9. not invented here
  10. not just a pretty face
  11. not just another pretty face

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