TO BE AT A CROSSROADS
At a point where an important decision or choice has to be m
To be between two roads
To be near a noisy (cross) road.
ROAD RAGE
an angry road
To be angry at the road
Anger or violence between drivers, often caused by difficult
TO SAIL THROUGH
To cross a junction without looking
To make something look difficult to achieve
To make something look easy to achieve
TO MISS THE BOAT
To miss a boat
To fail to take advantage of an opportunity because you don'
To wish that the boat would come back and talk to you
TO BE ON A ROCKY ROAD
To be on a raid with a lot of rocks on it
To be moving in a bad direction in your life
To be moving in the wrong direction
TO BE IN THE SAME BOAT
To be in a boat with someone else
To be in the same great position as someone else
To be in the same difficult situation as someone else
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
A CULTURE SHOCK
To do something to shocks a person from a different country
To eat really spicy food
A feeling of confusion felt by someone visiting a country or
TO HIT THE ROAD
To hurt yourself in an accident
To hit the road
To begin a journey
TO TAKE SOMEONE FOR A RIDE
To cheat or deceive someone
To take someone for a ride
To be a taxi driver
BAD NEWS TRAVELS FAST
Bad news becomes known quicker than good news
If you do something stupid your mum will always find out
Bad news is always more interesting than good news
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 annoy a horse
To do things in the wrong order
To put something you don't want into your shopping cart
TO LIVE IT UP
To spend lots of money and travel in luxury
To be ambitious about your future
To be loud and annoying
SMOOTH SAILING
To move quietly and smoothly
To have no problems
To be rich and powerful
TO BE ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL
To be a normal road user in Vietnam
To be asleep on the steering wheel of your car
To fail to be in control of a difficult situation
TO TRAVEL LIGHT
To gtravel without taking much money with you.
To travel without eating very much food.
To travel without too many possessions.
TO ROCK THE BOAT
To do something that might cause trouble or upset a stable s
To throw rocks at a boat
To rock a baby to sleep
TO BE ON A SHOESTRING
To travel without spending much money.
To walk on a shoelace
To travel with only one shoelace
TO SAIL TOO CLOSE TO THE WIND
To sail to close to the wind
To do something dangerous or just within legal limits
To go somewhere windy
A CULTURE VULTURE
To try to do things without paying for them
Someone who hates museums, books, art galleries etc.
Someone who likes museums, books, art galleries, etc.
TO HAVE ITCHY FEET
To have a strong urge to travel or move from place to place.
To find it difficult to walk.
To feel uncomfortable staying in one place.
TO REINVENT THE WHEEL
To come up with a great new idea for something.
Waste time or effort to create something that already exists
To take a round thing and make it square.
TO BE LIKE SHIPS THAT PASS IN THE NIGHT
To die at night on a ship.
To meet once or twice by chance for a short time.
To sail without any lights on your ship.