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In it's original context (Shakespeare's The Merry Wives Of Windsor Act 2, scene 2, 2-5) it is Pistol's response to Falstaff's denial of a loan, implying that the world is filled with opportunity and that fortune (the "pearl") is for the taking... thereby meaning that he will go into the world and find his own fortune..

In it's current modern connotation it has come to imply a feeling that one is unstoppable, that one has an especial right to the best of what the world has to offer.. There is an implied ease in the acquisition of one's dreams/ fortunes.

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