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  1. yellow brick roadnoun

    A proverbial path to a Promised Land of one's hopes and dreams.

  2. Etymology: From the classic film The Wizard of Oz and the book series on which it was based. Originally the literal road to the Emerald City, which was paved with yellow bricks possibly to invoke the notion of gold.

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  1. Yellow brick road

    The yellow brick road is a fictional element in the 1900 children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by American author L. Frank Baum. The road also appears in the several sequel Oz books such as The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904) and The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1913). The road's most notable portrayal is in the classic 1939 MGM musical film The Wizard of Oz, loosely based on Baum's first Oz book. In the novel's first edition the road is mostly referred to as the "Road of Yellow Bricks". In the original story and in later films based on it such as The Wiz (1978), Dorothy Gale must find the road before embarking on her journey, as the tornado did not deposit her farmhouse directly in front of it as in the 1939 film.

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  1. Yellow brick road

    The road of yellow brick is an element in the novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, with additional such roads appearing in The Marvelous Land of Oz and The Patchwork Girl of Oz. The 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, based on the novel, gave it the name by which it is better known, the Yellow Brick Road. In the original book and in the later film The Wiz, Dorothy has to find the road, as her house was not deposited directly in front of it as in the 1939 film.

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  1. yellow brick road

    yellow(ish) bricks on buildings, unpainted.


    Submitted by anonymous on June 17, 2019  

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of yellow brick road in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of yellow brick road in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of yellow brick road in a Sentence

  1. Nicole Kassell:

    The opportunity to examine the original themes - the quest for courage, love, wisdom and home - feels more timely and urgent than ever, these are profoundly iconic shoes to fill, and I am eager to dance alongside these heroes of my childhood as we pave a newly minted yellow brick road!

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  • الطريق من الطوب الأصفرArabic
  • gelbe PflastersteinstraßeGerman
  • camino de baldosas amarillasSpanish
  • route jaune de briqueFrench
  • strada di mattoni gialliItalian
  • 黄色いレンガの道Japanese
  • ಹಳದಿ ಇಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ರಸ್ತೆKannada
  • gul tegelvägSwedish

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