No, "Tom King was the grizzled old chopping-block that guarded the highway to fame and fortune" is not a standard idiom. It appears to be a metaphorical expression that uses vivid imagery to convey a specific idea, likely about a person who is tough and serves as a barrier or challenge on the path to success. Idioms are typically well-established phrases with a fixed meaning, whereas this statement seems more original and descriptive.
In Australia, he would have been known as a bushranger. As he says in the story, the proper term in Britain was a highway robber.
The Princes Highway is 1675 kilometres long. Route: The Princes Highway starts at Broadway and the Great Western Highway at Sydney N.S.W. It goes through Melbourne and Adelaide before ending at the Stuart Highway and Eyre Highway in Port Augusta South Australia
Dale Mabry Highway was created in 1943.
Nicoll Highway collapse happened in 2004.
no, it's actually 'The Royal Highway'.
Wheel of Fortune - 1983 Pacific Coast Highway 4 22-64 was released on: USA: 2 December 2004
Wheel of Fortune - 1983 Pacific Coast Highway 3 22-63 was released on: USA: 1 December 2004
Wheel of Fortune - 1983 Pacific Coast Highway 2 22-62 was released on: USA: 30 November 2004
Highway Sign is the Wheel of Fortune Bonus Puzzle for December 6 2011
Highway sign
The Wheel of Fortune Bonus puzzle is Busy Highway.
In Australia, he would have been known as a bushranger. As he says in the story, the proper term in Britain was a highway robber.
Wheel of Fortune - 1983 Great Outdoors 1 - 22.126 was released on: USA: 28 February 2005
If referring to a particular "highway," it is "Highway 66." If you are describing going down a highway, it is a "highway."
The major highways in Alaska are: Alaska Highway, Denali Highway, Elliott Highway, Parks Highway, Glacier Highway, Glenn Highway, Dalton Highway, Richardson Highway, Seward Highway, Steese Highway, Sterling Highway and the Taylor Highway alaska is awsoum
Highway 80
The word highway can be written out fully as Highway or it can also be abbreviated. The abbreviation for highway is hwy.