Idioms ID04

Question 1

To leave; go away
-> To leave a place or being a journey.

Answer 1

Hitting the road

EX:
-> I’d love to stay longer but I must be hitting the road.
-> Put them in the ceiling above my desk, then hit the road.

Question 2

Very quicky

Answer 2

Take a mile a minute

EX:
-> Mike was very excited, talking a mile a minute.
-> Do you just lie down and have your mind start racing a mile a minute?

Question 3

To start to want to travel or do something different.
You have a strong desire to leave a place and to travel.

Answer 3

Get itchy feet

EX:
-> After three years in the job she began to get itchy feet
-> The trip gave me itchy feet and I wanted to travel more

Question 4

To not worry about a possible problem until it actually happens. You will not worry about a possible future problem but will deal with it if it happens.

Answer 4

cross that bridge / cross that bridge when we come to it

EX:
-> Martin asked what we’d do if our new company couldn’t find good staff when we needed to expand, and I said we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it.

-> Jenny worries too much about things that might happen in the future, so people are always saying “We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it” to her.

Question 5

In the same difficult situation as someone else

Answer 5

To be in the same boat, in a similar situation, in the same position.

EX:
-> Everywhere else is in the same boat.
-> It is clear from the debate that we need to act because we are all in the same boat.