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Re: "wandering off the beaten path" the Dark Design
loki harfagr (loki@theDarkDesign.free.fr) 2008/02/17 15:12

On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:42:48 -0600, John61 wrote:

> "wandering off the beaten path" --- What does this  mean?
>
> Thanks!

to do something in a manner that's not the standard/usual/wornout one

 if you ever had to rehab pathways in forests or fields
after a year or more of abandon you'd clearly see the idea
of the metaphor ;-)

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