English Dictionary

it's a long road that has no turning

ことわざ

Progress through life is characterized by change. / The current situation is bound to change eventually.

日本語の意味

人生の道のりは長く、変化が必然である。 / 今の状況はいつか必ず変わる。 / 成長や進歩は変転を伴い、完璧な停滞は存在しない。

As the old proverb goes, it's a long road that has no turning, reminding us that progress through life is characterized by change.

昔のことわざにあるように、それは引き返せない長い道のりであり、人生における前進は変化によって特徴づけられることを私たちに思い出させます。

意味（1）

Progress through life is characterized by change.

It is a long road that has no turning ; and the road the Labour Government is travelling will have a turning, too. Like every new Government, it is making changes; but the present Administration is making a welter of it.

意味（2）

The current situation is bound to change eventually.

He was of a wild and restless disposition in those days, and his acquaintances were wont to call him by the name of Jack the Rambler. But it is a long road that has no turning,—he had now been many years at sea,—was the captain of a free trader, and as remarkable for his steadiness and worldly wisdom as he had been noted for wildness in his youth.