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yellow-brick road

yellow-brick road is the alternative form of yellow brick road.

Meaning of yellow brick road

Noun

yellow brick road (plural yellow brick roads)

  1. (humorous, idiomatic, often) A proverbial path to a Promised Land of one's hopes and dreams.
    • But we're coming up on a bend in the yellow brick road, and going 'round it could cause the party lights to go dark quickly.2007 December 10, Morgan Housel, “The Impending Destruction of the U.S. Economy: Part 1”, in The Motley Fool

Forms of yellow-brick road

pluralyellow-brick roads

Questions about yellow-brick road

What is yellow-brick road the alternative form of?
Yellow-brick road is the alternative form of yellow brick road.

Words near yellow-brick road in the dictionary

  1. yellow-breasted buntings
  2. yellow-breasted chat
  3. yellow-breasted chats
  4. yellow-breasted greenfinch
  5. yellow-breasted greenfinches
  6. yellow-brick road
  7. yellow-brick roads
  8. yellow-browed antbird
  9. yellow-browed antbirds
  10. yellow-browed bunting
  11. yellow-browed buntings

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