A list of phrases about travel


A list of phrases about travel

A list of phrases about travelWe love to travel and, if this list is anything to go by, we love to talk about it as much as doing it.

A country mile

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step

A rolling stone gathers no moss

Across the pond

As the crow flies

Back of beyond – The

Back-seat driver

Blaze a trail

Call of the wild – The

Canterbury pace

Driving while black

East, west, home’s best

Elvis has left the building

Get underway

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride

In the catbird seat

Jump on the bandwagon

Montezuma’s Revenge

My way or the highway

On a wing and a prayer

One for the road

One small step for man

Paddle your own canoe

Plain sailing

POSH – Port out, starboard home

Push the boat out

Put your best foot forward

Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross

Riding shotgun

Road less travelled – The

Road apples

Road rage

Sent to Coventry

Shanks’ mare/shanks’ pony

Space, the final frontier

Steal a march

That’s one small step for a man, a giant leap for mankind

The empire on which the sun never sets

The call of the wild

The road less travelled

To boldly go where no man has gone before

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive

Train surfing

Get – underway

Women and children first

Gary Martin is a writer and researcher on the origins of phrases and the creator of the Phrase Finder website. Over the past 26 years more than 700 million of his pages have been downloaded by readers. He is one of the most popular and trusted sources of information on phrases and idioms.

Gary Martin

Writer and researcher on the origins of phrases and the creator of the Phrase Finder website. Over the past 26 years more than 700 million of his pages have been downloaded by readers. He is one of the most popular and trusted sources of information on phrases and idioms.