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the world is one's lobster

the world is one's lobster proverb: intentional misrendering of the proverb "the world is one's oyster".

Proverb

the world is one's lobster

  1. (UK, humorous) Intentional misrendering of the proverb "the world is one's oyster".

Origin of the world is one's lobster

Originally a malapropism spoken by character Arthur Daley in the British TV comedy-drama Minder.

Questions about the world is one's lobster

What does the world is one's lobster mean?
The world is one's lobster means intentional misrendering of the proverb "the world is one's oyster".
What part of speech is the world is one's lobster?
The world is one's lobster is a proverb.

Words near the world is one's lobster in the dictionary

  1. the winner takes it all
  2. the wolf is at the door
  3. the wolf may lose his teeth but never his nature
  4. the word is go
  5. the world and his wife
  6. the world is one's lobster
  7. the world is someone's oyster
  8. the world is too much with someone
  9. the world kept spinning
  10. the world over
  11. the world owes one a living

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