Meaning of not in Kansas anymore | Babel Free

Definitions

No longer in quiet and comfortable surroundings.

US, colloquial, idiomatic

Examples

“As soon as I walked into that party I thought, "I'm not in Kansas anymore."”

“John Crosbie? A Tory government? You could be forgiven if your first reaction was the feeling that you weren't in Kansas anymore.”

“The police action is rough and raw, like Hill Street Blues. But when a courtroom jury, asked for its verdict, breaks into song, we know we're not in Kansas anymore.”

“C++ meets all three of these classic criteria of object-orientedness, but once you really start to take advantage of them in your programs, you'll find you're definitely not in Kansas anymore.”

CEFR level