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敷かれたレール
しかれたレール
1. [exp,n] [id]
▶ path staked out for one (by someone else)



History:
5. A 2022-05-09 13:46:08  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -10,0 +11 @@
+<pos>&exp;</pos>
4. A 2021-11-19 10:46:34  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Converting somebody to someone
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
  Diff:
@@ -13 +13 @@
-<gloss>path staked out for one (by somebody else)</gloss>
+<gloss>path staked out for one (by someone else)</gloss>
3. A 2018-05-22 13:50:53  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Let's take it out then.
  Diff:
@@ -13 +12,0 @@
-<s_inf>oft. as 敷かれたレールに沿って行く, etc.</s_inf>
2. A 2018-05-22 09:06:54  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Not sure the note helps much.
1. A* 2018-05-21 04:57:04  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
gg5: "人の敷いたレールに乗っかって進む take advantage of the groundwork laid by others."
ngrams
敷かれたレール	304
敷いたレール	231
google hits (all from 1st page of results):
"敷かれたレールを歩んだ人生に苦しむ人のこれからの歩み方"
"敷かれたレールを行く人生は嫌だ?責任転嫁はやめよう"
"敷かれたレールを脱線して7年が経ちました"
"敷かれたレールの上を、意味もなく進んでいませんか。"
  Comments:
Not "straight path"/"straight and narrow" because the connotation is pretty negative (and it's not about moral)

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