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keep the show on the road

idiom

To be able to proceed with a plan or project, often in the face of difficult circumstances.


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  1. 01

    bump in the road

    A setback or obstacle, especially one which is relatively minor.

  2. 02

    cobbler, keep to your last

    One should not criticise matters outside one's field of expertise; one should mind one's business.

  3. 03

    dog and pony show

    Any presentation or display that is overly contrived or intricate, while lacking real substance.

  4. 04

    down the road, not across the street

    Of the technique for committing suicide, along the radial artery rather than across the wrist from side to side.

  5. 05

    earn one's keep

    To perform satisfactory physical labor or to provide other worthy services in return for remuneration, lodging, or other benefits; to support oneself financially.

  6. 06

    Frog

    [Cockney slang]road

    via frog & toad

  7. 07

    get the show on the road

    To begin or launch; to get going.

  8. 08

    go down that road

    To settle a way of doing something; do decide to do something in a particular way.

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