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follow the white rabbit 

Refers to a waistcoat-wearing, pocket-watch-wielding white rabbit, hurrying along and muttering, "Oh dear! I shall be late!" in Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland (1865), whom Alice follows down a rabbit hole into Wonderland.

Awesome rock band Jefferson Airplane's 1967 song White Rabbit retold the story of Alice's adventures as though they were a psychedelic drug trip. But whether you take it literally or metaphorically, following the white rabbit means following an unlikely clue, an innocuous, unbelievable (but also, frankly a bit ridiculous) sign, to find oneself in the midst of more or less extraordinary, marvelous, amazing circumstances that challenge one's fundamental beliefs, expand one's horizons &/or perception of realities, transform one's perspective, and change one's life.

The phrase has become commonplace in popular culture; e.g. in the 1999 film The Matrix, the resistance fighter folks use the trope of following a white rabbit to lead Neo/Mr Anderson/The One out of the matrix. Oddly enough, though, the phrase hasn't filtered through as a metaphor in non-fantastical contexts to any appreciable degree. Outside of science fiction or fantasy, if a writer refers to the white rabbit, s/he is almost certainly specifically alluding to previous uses, usually to Carroll. (We should change that!)
'There's something fishy going on here.'
'Well,' said Q, jerking her head toward the door to the stairwell, through which the tattooed woman was disappearing. 'You'd better follow the white rabbit, then.'
follow the white rabbit by FTWR August 19, 2013

white rabbit 

One of the many mistical figures that leads you into a hole of psychological discovery. Sometimes related to using psychedelic drugs like lsd, but also used in hypnosis and meditation to reach a desired destination (such as a different level of consciousness or location) The main verb attached to the white rabbit is to follow.
Follow the white rabbit.
white rabbit by tim March 20, 2004

white rabbit syndrome 

This is a condition in which the person often or always has the feeling of being late. From the White Rabbit in Lewis Carroll's ALICE IN WONDERLAND.
While the life of a psychology graduate student is not often solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short, there is always more to do than there is time to do it in, and the white rabbit syndrome emerges.

white rabbit day 

the first day of each month
by greeting someone with "happy white rabbit day," it is said that you'll have all the good luck for the month.
Dude, check out this book I got, it's called "HAPPY WHITE RABBIT DAY!"
white rabbit day by jakeftw! October 18, 2008

White Rabbit Hole

A mysterious inner path that leads to an awakening and understanding that things are not as they seem. The "White Rabbit" is symbolic of "inner understanding" that a greater reality exists and requires immediate refocus of ones attention. The alligory is based on character from the story "Alice in Wonderland" who is "Late for a Very Important Date!". "The Hole" is the "matrix of choices and information". It is an oft bizarre, confusing and uncertain path .. which can lead to either great wisdom OR potential folly depending on the choices made.
"That Speaker was a "WHITE RABBIT HOLE" of information."
"Welcome Neo, you have found the White Rabbit Hole wherein you might find the truth regarding the MATRIX!
White Rabbit Hole by allxcast January 23, 2011

White Rabbit 

You'll always be my white rabbit, my favorite bad habit
White Rabbit by r0n3 November 12, 2018
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Term used to describe someone who is a mix of both rural (country) and urban (metropolitan) lifestyles/upbringings. He/she is typically equally comfortable in both settings and is able to seamlessly slip back and forth between the two, appreciating the characteristics of each.
That ol' gal of mine drives the 12 lane freeway during the week and a John Deere on the weekends. She likes opra and the Grand Ol' Opry. I love them countrypolitan women.
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Witch Bath by carnieboy30 October 26, 2020
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kinktober 

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That chick doesn't write often but when she does, its for Kinktober.
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person2: ya he was a proper lad
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