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All roads lead to Rome
- All paths or activities lead to the center of things. This was literally true in the days of the Roman Empire , when all the empire's roads radiated out from the capital city, Rome .
Idioms and Phrases
Many different methods will produce the same result. For example, So long as you meet the deadline, I don't care how much help you get鈥攁ll roads lead to Rome . Based on the fact that the Roman Empire's excellent road system radiated from the capital like the spokes of a wheel, this metaphor was already being used in the 1100s.Example Sentences
His successor may not be such a natural political fit for Ms Meloni 鈥 but she is arguably the EU鈥檚 strongest right-wing leader and Mr Starmer knows that to solve the migration challenge, all roads lead to Rome.
鈥淎ll roads lead to Rome, and all wires lead to the server.鈥
And like all roads lead to Rome, here all plot strands led to a grand finale of 鈥淲e Will Rock You,鈥 鈥淲e Are the Champions鈥 and 鈥淏ohemian Rhapsody鈥 鈥 the latter so hard to integrate into a story even this far-fetched that Elton didn鈥檛 even try and just tacked it on as an encore.
They say that all roads lead to Rome.
They used to say that all roads lead to Rome.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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