A fork in the road is a place where one road divides into two, without either of them clearly being a turn off the main route. It is also a proverbial saying (figure of speech) about a deciding moment and turning point in life when one makes a major decision. Compare "crossing the Rubicon". A fork on a saucer A fork is an implement with a handle on one end and long tines on the other; it is used for pricking, to hold or transfer something. ... A road is a strip of land, smoothed or otherwise prepared to allow easier travel, connecting two or more destinations. ... Proverbs may refer to: The plural of the word proverb. ... A figure of speech, sometimes termed a rhetorical figure or device, or elocution, is a word or phrase that departs from straightforward, literal language. ... Crossing the Rubicon is a phrase connoting the passage of a point of no return. ...
A fork in the road is not a T intersection where the minor route one is travelling meets a major route at right angles.
The unlucky place where three routes diverge was sacred to Hecate in Greek and Roman mythology. It was a place of ill-omen among the Celts as well. In later Greek mythology, Hecate (or Hekate; Greek Ἑκάτη Hekátē) was scarcely more than the goddess of witchcraft and sorcery. ... Roman mythology can be considered as two parts. ... A Celtic cross. ...
Cullen is in charge of feeding the herd of multicolored Alpines and white Saanens, making sure his brothers have done all their chores, and keeping the milking parlor clean and up to code.
The Owens occupy a 1970 A-frame house where the pavement runs out on East ForkRoad, in the Grapevine community of Madison County, North Carolina, between Bailey Mountain and Bear Wallow.
Because of their location, coupled with the fact that it’s hard to walk away from the cheese vat and take care of customers, most all cheese sales are transacted in nearby Mars Hill and in Asheville.
Johnson School at Cornell University - Alumni - Taking the Fork in the Road
Rothenberg says that much of his business knowledge comes from his ten-year association with a businessman and philanthropist he began working with as a Johnson School intern.
The story reads like an illustration of the Yogi Berra maxim, "If you come to a fork in the road, take it."