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  • Meaning - If the world is your oyster then it is a place where you can get something of great value with ease. Origin: It comes from Shakespeare - The Merry Wives of Windsor (1600). The world is the place from which one can extract success and profit, as a pearl can be extracted from an oyster. Falstaff: I will not lend thee a penny. Pistol: Why, then the world's mine oyster, which I with sword will open. (Act 2, Scene 2) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Getting the pearl requires the oyster to be opened. But despite the hardness of the oyster shell, they can be opened with ease. Oyster shells are held closed by a single muscle called the adductor. Oysters are shucked (opened) using a thin knife to cut the adductor muscle. Once the adductor is cut, the shell falls open. If the world is your oyster then it is a place where you can get something of great value with ease. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.eduqna.com/Trivia/177-Trivia-7.html

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