Idioms about Travel

any port in a storm

Meaning:

An unfavorable option which might well be avoided in good times but which nevertheless looks better than the alternatives at the current time.

at the wheel

Meaning:

Driving; in control of a vehicle.

backseat driver

Meaning:

A backseat driver is a passenger in a car who insists on giving the driver directions.

bad news travels fast

Meaning:

The phrase bad news travels fast means that news about misfortune and trouble circulates quickly.

burn one's boats

Meaning:

To cut oneself off from all chance of retreat; to stake everything on success.

desert a sinking ship

Meaning:

The phrase desert a sinking ship means to stop being involved in a situation because failure is imminent.

drive a hard bargain

Meaning:

Negotiate forcefully.

drive someone up the wall

Meaning:

To irritate or annoy someone; to make a person very angry or bored; to infuriate.

fall off the back of a lorry

Meaning:

A euphemism for something acquired illegally or stolen.

fifth wheel

Meaning:

Anything superfluous or unnecessary.

find one's way around something

Meaning:

If you find your way around something, you discover a way to move around it without getting lost.

flight of fancy

Meaning:

If your idea is described as a flight of fancy, it is an imaginative but entirely unrealistic idea.

highways and byways

Meaning:

major and minor roads.

hit the road

Meaning:

To begin traveling; to leave a place; to go away.

hitch one's wagon to a star

Meaning:

aspire to do something great or aim high, follow a great ambition.

in the same boat

Meaning:

In the same situation; having the same problems.

itchy feet

Meaning:

Feeling of a need to travel.

jump on the bandwagon

Meaning:

To profit from a craze; to join a trend.

live out of a suitcase

Meaning:

The phrase to live out of a suitcase is an idiomatic expression that means to stay very briefly in several places, with only the belongings in your suitcase.

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