Can’t keep one’s eyes open, Left, right and center, To have jet lag, To get a second wind, I’m all ears, To scratch the surface

1. Travel Idioms
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2. Can’t keep one’s eyes open
Can’t stay awake because one is so sleepy and tired
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I need to finish
this report even
if I can’t keep
my eyes open.

3. Left, right and center
If something is happening left, right and center, it is
happening in a lot of places or to a lot of people.
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The music
festival kept
everyone
entertained with
all sorts of things
happening left,
right and center.

4. To have jet lag
To have a temporary disruption of bodily rhythms
caused by high-speed across several time zones
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After having two
meetings and
checking some
materials right
after I landed in
Jakarta, jet lag
started to catch
up with me.

5. To get a second wind
To have increased energy or strength
after feeling tired or weak
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We got our second
wind after the city
tour and decided to
go on a romantic
gondola ride before
dinner.

6. I’m all ears
To listen attentively
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I heard you and
your boyfriend
broke up after
your trip to
Hawaii. What
happened? I’m
all ears.

7. To scratch the surface
To deal with only a small part of a topic or problem;
to be at the beginning of a long task
After I raised money
for the plane tickets,
I realized that I
barely scratched the
surface. I plan on
staying in Japan for a
month with no
savings and no job
waiting for me there.
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