🚘 5 unusual English idioms related to transport

✅ That ship has sailed

Meaning: an opportunity is already lost

● Example: We're good friends but I don't think we'll ever be anything more to each other—that ship has sailed.

✅ I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it

Meaning: to avoid creating difficulties for oneself before it is necessary

● Example:

Alan: Where will we stop tonight?

Jane: At the next town.

Alan: What if all the hotels are full?

Jane: Let's cross that bridge when we come to it.

✅ You shouldn't just jump on the bandwagon

Meaning: To join or follow something once it is successful or popular.

● Example: I can't stand these people who just jump on the bandwagon after a win. Where were they last year when the team was terrible?

✅ You drive me round the bend

Meaning: to make someone angry or tired

● Example: A week on vacation with my relatives is enough to drive me around the bend.

✅ You threw me under the bus (to throw under the bus)

Meaning: to assign blame or responsibility to another person.

● Example: Their manager never hesitates to throw an underling under the bus when something goes wrong in the office.

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