Tour Guides’ Idioms

• Travel light• Hit the road• Off the beaten

path

• Watch your back• Call it a day• Get a move on• A full plate

• Bright and early• Hang tight• If all else fails

I'd love to stay longer but I must be__________________.

-1-

• Travel light• Hit the road• Off the beaten

path

• Watch your back• Call it a day• Get a move on• A full plate

• Bright and early• Hang tight• If all else fails

I'd love to stay longer but I must behitting the road.

-1-

• Travel light• Hit the road• Off the beaten

path

• Watch your back• Call it a day• Get a move on• A full plate

• Bright and early• Hang tight• If all else fails

It is almost always best to _______________ , so that you can avoid unnecessary delays, and get to your destination most efficiently.

-2-

• Travel light• Hit the road• Off the beaten

path

• Watch your back• Call it a day• Get a move on• A full plate

• Bright and early• Hang tight• If all else fails

It is almost always best to travel light, so that you can avoid unnecessary delays, and get to your destination most efficiently.

-2-

• Travel light• Hit the road• Off the beaten

path

• Watch your back• Call it a day• Get a move on• A full plate

• Bright and early• Hang tight• If all else fails

After suffering massive losses for three years in a row, the boss decided to ____________, and sold his company.

-3-

• Travel light• Hit the road• Off the beaten

path

• Watch your back• Call it a day• Get a move on• A full plate

• Bright and early• Hang tight• If all else fails

After suffering massive losses for three years in a row, the boss decided to call it a day, and sold his company.

-3-

• Travel light• Hit the road• Off the beaten

path

• Watch your back• Call it a day• Get a move on• A full plate

• Bright and early• Hang tight• If all else fails

I need to _____________ if I'm going to arrive before 3.

-4-

• Travel light• Hit the road• Off the beaten

path

• Watch your back• Call it a day• Get a move on• A full plate

• Bright and early• Hang tight• If all else fails

I need to  get a move on if I'm going to arrive before 3.

-4-

• Travel light• Hit the road• Off the beaten

path

• Watch your back• Call it a day• Get a move on• A full plate

• Bright and early• Hang tight• If all else fails

I'm not sure where we'll eat, but ______________ we can go to McDonalds.

-5-

• Travel light• Hit the road• Off the beaten

path

• Watch your back• Call it a day• Get a move on• A full plate

• Bright and early• Hang tight• If all else fails

I'm not sure where we'll eat, but if all else fails we can go to McDonalds.

-5-

• Travel light• Hit the road• Off the beaten

path

• Watch your back• Call it a day• Get a move on• A full plate

• Bright and early• Hang tight• If all else fails

I have to _____________ at work - there are a lot of people who would like my job.

-6-

• Travel light• Hit the road• Off the beaten

path

• Watch your back• Call it a day• Get a move on• A full plate

• Bright and early• Hang tight• If all else fails

I have to watch my back at work - there are a lot of people who would like my job.

-6-

• Travel light• Hit the road• Off the beaten

path

• Watch your back• Call it a day• Get a move on• A full plate

• Bright and early• Hang tight• If all else fails

The farmhouse we stayed in was completely ________________________.

-7-

• Travel light• Hit the road• Off the beaten

path

• Watch your back• Call it a day• Get a move on• A full plate

• Bright and early• Hang tight• If all else fails

The farmhouse we stayed in was completely off the beaten track.

-7-

• Travel light• Hit the road• Off the beaten

path

• Watch your back• Call it a day• Get a move on• A full plate

• Bright and early• Hang tight• If all else fails

Just sit still and ____________!-8-

• Travel light• Hit the road• Off the beaten

path

• Watch your back• Call it a day• Get a move on• A full plate

• Bright and early• Hang tight• If all else fails

Just sit still and hang (on) tight!-8-

• Travel light• Hit the road• Off the beaten

path

• Watch your back• Call it a day• Get a move on• A full plate

• Bright and early• Hang tight• If all else fails

I'm very busy at work, and I've got __________ at home too.

-9-

• Travel light• Hit the road• Off the beaten

path

• Watch your back• Call it a day• Get a move on• A full plate

• Bright and early• Hang tight• If all else fails

I'm very busy at work, and I've got a full plate at home too.

-9-

• Travel light• Hit the road• Off the beaten

path

• Watch your back• Call it a day• Get a move on• A full plate

• Bright and early• Hang tight• If all else fails

 We’ll be up _____________.-10-

• Travel light• Hit the road• Off the beaten

path

• Watch your back• Call it a day• Get a move on• A full plate

• Bright and early• Hang tight• If all else fails

 We’ll be up bright and early.-10-