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created: 2025-11-06T02:51:46.19+00:00
updated: 2026-01-02T01:39:32.364Z
---# "the primrose path"

**URL:** [https://old.reddit.com/r/EnglishLearning/comments/1ar3t6r/the_primrose_path/](https://old.reddit.com/r/EnglishLearning/comments/1ar3t6r/the_primrose_path/)

"the primrose path" This phrase, from Shakespeare's "Hamlet," usually means being led into an easy but harmful way of life, full of pleasure that ends badly.

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