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"All the world's a stage" is the phrase that begins a monologue from William Shakespeare's pastoral comedy As You Like It, spoken by the melancholy Jaques in Act II Scene VII Line 139. The speech compares the world to a stage and life to a ...



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2021/01/15 — This phrase was coined by William Shakespeare and first appears in his play The Merry Wives Of Windsor. Falstaff: “I will not lend thee a penny”. Pistol: “Why then the world's mine oyster, which I with sword will open.

「世界是你的牡蠣」 (The world is your oyster) 這句俗諺乍聽奇特，它可是源自於英國大文豪莎士比亞的劇本，意指「整個世界可以任人享受」。

牡蠣是孕育珍珠的生物，因此以牡蠣比喻世界，珍珠則是世界上的種種美好。這樣說來，遨遊世界就像打開牡蠣，一切美好就在眼前。

事實上，英國倫敦市區所使用的交通卡稱作牡蠣卡 (Oyster Card)，也從這句俗諺而來。