pastures new
Unexplored grazing grounds
Pastures new means a new place, situation, or activity—especially a job or opportunity that promises fresh possibilities.
The phrase comes from Milton's "Lycidas" and evokes livestock moving to fresh grazing land: After ten years at the firm, she left for pastures new.
Often appears as move on to pastures new or seek pastures new.
- change of sceneryShift in environment
- new beginningsChances to start again
- dairy farmLivestock operation for milk
- grasslandTreeless herb-covered ecosystem
- fieldArea of specialty
adventure · new chapter · moving on · metamorphosis · odyssey · reinvention · transformation · wanderlust · uncharted · rebirth · pioneering · hope · quest · opportunity · earth · journey · expedition · evolution
pastures newhome turf
One's established domain
comfort zone · same old same old · old stomping grounds · native soil · business as usual
pastures newstaying put
Remaining in place
standing still · stasis · inertia · settling down · remaining
pastures newdead end
Passage without outlet
rut · stagnation · diminishing returns · going through the motions · tapped out
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