beaten\ path

beaten\ path
n. phr. beaten path
noun beaten track
the usual route or way of operating that has been conventionally established.

If we always follow the beaten path, we'll never have the courage to try something new.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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