B2idiomdecisionsIELTS-friendly
at a crossroads
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at a point where you must make an important choice about the future
'At the crossroads' is also correct. 'Crossroads' ends in -s even for one: 'a crossroads'. Vietnamese says 'ngã ba đường'.
In context
After graduation, I was at a crossroads: a job in Saigon or a master's abroad.
The company is at a crossroads and must decide whether to sell.
More idioms about decisions
- a Catch-22a situation you can't escape because each solution depends on the other
- a change of hearta change in your opinion or plan, usually towards a kinder or different view
- a double-edged swordsomething that has both good and bad effects
- a fait accomplisomething already decided or done that others must now accept
- a foregone conclusiona result that is certain before it happens