passport to



passport to something

Fig. something that allows something good to happen. John's new girlfriend is his passport to happiness. Anne's new job is a passport to financial security.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Yekaterinaye-kah-tye-REE-nah, ee-kah-tee-REE-nahRussian
Caspar-Judeo-Christian Legend
Kaiser-Various
Gabrielagahp-RYE-lah (Polish), gah-BRYE-lah (Spanish), gahp-ree-E-lah (German)Portuguese, Polish, Romanian, Spanish, German, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Bulgarian
Maxentius-Ancient Roman
Piloqutinnguaq-Native American, Greenlandic