Fork in the road
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A fork in the road is a place where one way divides into two, without either of them clearly being a turn off the main route. It is also a figure of speech about a deciding moment and turning point in life when one makes a major decision. Compare "crossing the Rubicon".
A fork in the road is not a T intersection where the minor route one is travelling meets a major route at right angles.
The unlucky place where three routes diverge was sacred to Hecate in Greek and Roman mythology. It was a place of ill-omen among the Celts as well.
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Famous uses
- The phrase also appeared in the Book of Ezekiel (Ezekiel 21:20).
- The phrase is also used in the Green Day song Time Of Your Life
- A fork in the road is exquisitely mused upon by Robert Frost in his poem The Road Not Taken, which begins "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood..."
- The phrase was jokingly used in The Muppet Movie as part of a sight gag, in which the protagonists' car turns left upon reaching a giant fork which was literally stuck in the road.
- Used in and as a song by Lillix. [1]
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