🗓️ Idiom: Get the Show on the Road (v)
💬 Meaning
- To begin an activity after preparing for it.
- To start something officially or finally move forward.
🧠 Example Sentences
- We’ve done all the planning—let’s get the show on the road!
- The manager asked if we were ready to get the show on the road.
- After weeks of delay, it’s time to get the show on the road.
🏛️ Origin
This idiom originally referred to travelling performers who needed to pack up and move to a new town to perform. Today, it means starting a project or event after everything is prepared.
📝 Practice Exercises
1. Fill in the blank:
We’ve planned everything carefully—now let’s __________.
Answer
get the show on the road
2. Choose the correct meaning of “get the show on the road”:
A) To delay a decision
B) To begin something after preparing
C) To cancel a meeting
Answer
B) To begin something after preparing
3. Rewrite the sentence using “get the show on the road”
“We are ready to begin the project now.”
Answer
We’re ready to get the show on the road.
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Rob is a CELTA qualified English teacher with 15 years of international experience. He has a BSc and PGDip from Loughborough and St Andrews universities in the UK. He has taught in Thailand and Saudi Arabia and now works with professionals worldwide.
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