royal road

or Royal Road

noun

1. an auspicious or easy way or means to achieve something:

   the royal road to success.

2. a highway in ancient Persia, 1,677 miles (2,700 km) long, extending from Susa in W Iran to W Asia Minor.

royal road

noun

1. an easy or direct way of achieving a desired end

   the royal road to success

Example Sentences

You cannot gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles, and there is no royal road to any kind of success or happiness.

From New York Times

“That is, sometimes there is no royal road to learning.”

From Seattle Times

Take a royal road trip in the Loire Valley, dotted with Renaissance chateaus.

From Washington Post

Sigmund Freud called dreams “the royal road to the unconscious.”

From Washington Post

Sleep isn’t the enemy of success and ambition, she’s discovered, it’s the royal road to the corner office.

From The New Yorker