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The Yellow brick road is a stock phrase referent to a path which leads to a life of fantasy and carefreeness.
The Yellow brick road is an element in the story about the The Wizard of Oz The yellow brick road leads to Oz. As "Oz" is also a short-form slang word for the country Australia, phrases like "down the yellow brick road" simply mean "in Australia".
Phrases referring to the yellow brick road are sometimes percieved as hopelessly idiomatic by non-native English speakers.
