English idioms relating to Travel and Transport :

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1 - As much use as a handbrake on a canoe

This idiom is used to describe someone or something as worthless or pointless.

2 - Asleep at the wheel

If someone is asleep at the wheel, they are not doing their job or taking their responsibilities very carefully. 'Asleep at the switch' is an alternative.

3 - Backseat driver

A backseat driver is an annoying person who is fond of giving advice to the person performing a task or doing something, especially when the advice is either wrong or unwelcome.

4 - Climb on the bandwagon

When people climb on the bandwagon they do something because it is popular and everyone else is doing it.

5 - Fall off the back of a lorry

(UK) If someone tries to sell you something that has fallen of the back of a lorry, they are trying to sell you stolen goods.

6 - Fifth wheel

(USA) A fifth wheel is something unnecessary or useless.

7 - Go play in traffic

This is used as a way of telling someone to go away.

8 - Hit the road

When people hit the road, they leave a place to go somewhere else.

9 - I'll cross that road when I come to it

I'll think about something just when it happens, not in advance.

10 - In the driver's seat

If you are in the driver's seat, you are in charge of something or in control of a situation.

11 - Jump on the bandwagon

If people jump on the bandwagon, they get involved in something that has recently become very popular.

12 - Off the track

If something puts or throws you off your track, it distracts you or keeps you from achieving what you want.

13 - On the wagon

If someone is on the wagon, they have stopped drinking alcohol.

14 - Put the carriage before the horse

If you put the carriage before the horse, you try to do things in the wrong order.

15 - Rearrange the deckchairs on the Titanic

(UK) If people are rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic, they are making small changes that will have no effect as the project, company, etc., is in very serious trouble.