not in Kansas anymore

idiom

Meaning

No longer in quiet and comfortable surroundings.

Origin

first recorded 20th c.

From the film The Wizard of Oz (1939), in which Dorothy states, “Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.”

Examples

SIMPLE

We moved to the city and we're not in Kansas anymore.

CONTEXTUAL

After leaving her small town for Tokyo, she realized she was not in Kansas anymore.

COMPLEX

The moment he stepped off the train into the chaos of the metropolis, he knew he was not in Kansas anymore.

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they don't make them like that anymore
Expressing such notions as that the person referred to is excellent and that owing to the decline of society, such people have become rarer; the old school was better; the youth today lack something that previous generations had more of; all the good ones are taken; and so on.

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