fork in the road

fork in the road

English

Noun

fork in the road (plural forks in the road)

1. A junction in which one road becomes two divergent roads
2. (by analogy) A point where a choice, one of two possibilities has to be taken.
   • 1997, Billie Joe Armstrong (lyrics and music), “Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)”, performed by Green Day:

     Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road
     Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go

Synonyms

• crossroads (nonstandard)

Translations

junction

Finnish: tienhaara (fi) Latin: bivium n Polish: rozdroże (pl) n, rozstaj m Russian: разви́лка (ru) f (razvílka), распу́тье (ru) n (raspútʹje) Swedish: vägskäl (sv) n