TO REINVENT THE WHEEL
To take a round thing and make it square.
To come up with a great new idea for something.
Waste time or effort to create something that already exists
TO HAVE ITCHY FEET
To feel uncomfortable staying in one place.
To find it difficult to walk.
To have a strong urge to travel or move from place to place.
TO ROCK THE BOAT
To do something that might cause trouble or upset a stable s
To rock a baby to sleep
To throw rocks at a boat
TO BE ON THE RIGHT TRACK
To be at the right running track
To take a right turn
To be doing something correctly
TO PUT THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE
To do things in the wrong order
To put something you don't want into your shopping cart
To annoy a horse
TO HIT THE ROAD
To hurt yourself in an accident
To begin a journey
To hit the road
BAD NEWS TRAVELS FAST
If you do something stupid your mum will always find out
Bad news becomes known quicker than good news
Bad news is always more interesting than good news
TO BE A BACKSEAT DRIVER
To be unable to drive
To drive from the back seat of a car
To give unnecessary or unwelcome advice
TO BE ON A ROCKY ROAD
To be moving in the wrong direction
To be on a raid with a lot of rocks on it
To be moving in a bad direction in your life
TO BE IN THE SAME BOAT
To be in the same great position as someone else
To be in a boat with someone else
To be in the same difficult situation as someone else
TO BE ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL
To fail to be in control of a difficult situation
To be a normal road user in Vietnam
To be asleep on the steering wheel of your car
TO MISS THE BOAT
To wish that the boat would come back and talk to you
To fail to take advantage of an opportunity because you don'
To miss a boat
TO SAIL THROUGH
To make something look difficult to achieve
To cross a junction without looking
To make something look easy to achieve
ROAD RAGE
Anger or violence between drivers, often caused by difficult
To be angry at the road
an angry road
SMOOTH SAILING
To have no problems
To move quietly and smoothly
To be rich and powerful
TO BE AT A CROSSROADS
To be near a noisy (cross) road.
To be between two roads
At a point where an important decision or choice has to be m
