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“The door is open, sir, there lies your way.”
Proverb
Act 3,
Scene 2
Lines 202-211

An explanation of Katherina’s proverbial references in Act 3, Scene 2 of myShakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew.

Katherina  

Now, if you love me, stay.

Petruchio

Grumio, my horse.

Grumio (Petruchio’s servant)

Ay, sir, they be ready. The oats have eaten the horses.

Katherina

Nay, then, do what thou canst, I will not go today,
No, nor tomorrow, not till I please myself.
The door is open, sir, there lies your way;
You may be jogging whiles your boots are green.    
For me, I'll not be gone till I please myself.
'Tis like you'll prove a jolly, surly groom,    
That take it on you at the first so roundly.    

This is a rephrasing of “Here is the door, and there is the way.” The phrase “jogging while your boots are green” is similar to our “get going while the going’s good.”