not in Kansas anymore
Somewhere entirely different
A reference to *The Wizard of Oz*, spoken when ordinary circumstances give way to something strange or unfamiliar.
Dorothy's line to her dog upon arriving in Oz has become shorthand for disorientation in new territory: When I saw the dress code at my new job, I knew I wasn't in Kansas anymore.
The phrase signals that old assumptions no longer apply.
- Emerald CityOz's gleaming green capital
- culture shockDisorientation from unfamiliar ways
- bewildermentState of being baffled
- fish out of waterOne in alien circumstances
- DorothyClassic feminine given name
munchkins · over the rainbow · metaphor · disorientation · Wizard of Oz · lost in translation · idiom · alternate reality · realization · rude awakening · expression · alienation · foreignness · liminality · unfamiliarity · saying · technicolor · paradigm shift
not in Kansas anymorehome sweet home
Phrase celebrating one's dwelling
back to normal · same old same old · in one's element · right at home · business as usual
not in Kansas anymoreeveryday life
Ordinary regular existence
ho-hum · run of the mill · garden variety · plain vanilla · black and white
innate, noting, anymore, notation, Kansas, annotate, annotator