ticket to success
Path to achievement
A ticket to success is something that enables or guarantees achievement of one's goals—a path, credential, or advantage that opens doors: A college degree used to be seen as a ticket to success.
The phrase often carries skepticism about whether such guarantees exist: There's no single ticket to success in this industry.
- goldenBright yellow, or precious
- golden opportunityExceptionally favorable circumstance
- opportunityFavorable circumstance for advancement
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- big breakCareer-making opportunity
key · passport · gateway · open door · foot in the door · ladder · stepping stone · leg up · shortcut · fast track · inside track · winning · formula · silver bullet · secret · path · climb · hustle
ticket to successrecipe for disaster
road to ruin · kiss of death · death knell · downfall · undoing
ticket to successlong shot
Unlikely to succeed
crapshoot · fool's errand · false promise · gamble · wild goose chase
ticket to successbarrier to entry
Competitive impediment for newcomers
stumbling block · glass ceiling · roadblock · handicap · ball and chain
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