Travel Idioms

There are many idioms in English that include a mode of transport or a verb used with transport. For example:

"This course is really hard, but at least we are all in the same boat."

In other words, we are all in the same situation. What do you think the missing words are in these idioms? Good luck!

Can you write a definition of what each idiom means?

Link: Travel Vocabulary

Link: Booking a package holiday Q&A

Lesson by Caroline

• 1. That man in the club kept telling me really inappropriate things, so I told him to get on his ___!
  
  train
  bike
  roller-skates
  
  
• 2. That antique shop has some beautiful furniture, but the owner ___ a hard bargain!
  
  drives
  crashes
  rides
  
  
• 3. Jenny has really gone off the ___ since she started university.
  
  bike
  rails
  bus
  
  
• 4. I think my parents are sick of me. I'm sure they're going to __ me off to boarding school!
  
  ride
  ship
  drive
  
  
• 5. All she thinks about is ballet, she has got a one ___ mind.
  
  lane
  track
  road
  
  
• 6. I'm so frightened he will fall off the ___ and start drinking again.
  
  bus
  train
  wagon
  
  
• 7. People keep asking me what I'm going to do when I finish my masters. I tell them I'll cross that ___ when I come to it.
  
  motorway
  track
  bridge
  
  
• 8. All the most important things in my life are changing. My life is such a ___ at the moment.
  
  rollercoaster
  road
  roller-skate
  
  
• 9. My little brother wants to play games all the time. He's ___ me up the wall!
  
  shipping
  driving
  sailing
  
  
• 10. You shouldn't have worried! I knew you would ___ through that exam!
  
  sail
  drive
  ride