Read some more travel proverbs, travel sayings, travel anecdotes and travel quotes – that may provide some inspiration for the journey ahead

· Try to get on the right track and avoid getting run over!

· The careful foot can walk anywhere.

· A traveler without observation is a bird without wings.

· He that travels far knows much.

· Travel light – preconception and prejudice are unnecessary luggage.

· The most difficult step of any journey is the first.

· A hopeful heart and an open mind are the best traveling companions.

· Don't be so intent upon your own journey that you forget to stop and help others along the way.

· The happiest asks directions, even though he knows the way.

· Along the way there will be thorns. But if you look above them you will discover roses.

· The further your journey takes you, the more dangers you will encounter. The more you dare, the more you win.

· Love to travel, but do not make the road your home.

· The best journeys are not always in straight lines.

· There are as many paths as there are travelers.

· Don’t rely on others to show you the way, carry your own map.

· Turn the obstacles on your path into stepping stones.

· Life is a journey where the destination is unknown.

· Sometimes the most exciting journey you can make is through your own imagination.

· If you lose your way it is better to ask and feel a fool for five minutes than not ask and remain a fool for the rest of your life.

· Try to recognize your happiness when you arrive at it – don't be like the traveler who doesn't see the valley he is in, only the mountains that surround it.

· You can collect the nuts that have been provided along the way, but you must crack them yourself.

· Seek out all the places where you can be happy – in the city we pine for the country and in the country we long for the city.

4. Complete the sentences with a suitable travel and transport idiom from the box. Read the comments in italics to help you understand the idioms correctly. Use them in the sentences of your own.

1. His career really ……………….. after his first television appearance. (His career is like a plane which has now started to fly successfully.)

2. It’s good that we live so near the park. The children need a nice big open space where they can run around and ………………... (The children are like trains whose engines may become overheated if they are not active.)

3. If you don’t take this opportunity now, you may find you’ve ………………... (Taking this opportunity would be like beginning a journey by sea.)

4. Despite all the predictions about a stock market crash, the situation now looks more hopeful and I’m confident we will have a ………………... (The stock market is like a plane. Instead of the flight ending in a crash, it will now end safely.)

5. There are no opportunities for promotion and no training offered. It’s a real ……………….. job. (The job is like a road but it does not lead anywhere.)

6. No hotel staff are allowed to go on holiday during the summer as we really need ……………….. at that time. (Working for the hotel is like working on a ship.)

7. I had a talk with the chef this morning and he definitely thinks the investigation is ………………... (The investigation is like a train taking us where we want to go.)

8. Whenever you try and have a conversation with him, he starts talking about his promotion. He’s got a real ……………….. mind. (His mind is like a train which can only travel in one direction.)

9. They were business partners for five years before they decided to ………………... (They were like two people walking down the same road but now they are taking different roads.)

10. Unless all the team are fully committed to the new projects, you won’t be able to ………………... (The projects are like planes which need to fly successfully.)

11. After Mr. Grove’s poor performance in parliament yesterday, the democrats must be wondering if they have the right leader ………………... (The political party is like a ship that Mr. Grove is steering.)

12. He’s frustrated with his job and feels he’s going nowhere. He’s really stuck ………………... (The job is like a journey but he cannot go any further because he is caught in a hole in the road.)

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