Vacation Idioms

Here you will find vocabulary that is useful when talking a vacation.

You can practice all of these idioms in: Chapter 10 – Vacation Idioms – $2.00

• b and b
  

  bed and breakfast

• book in advance
  

  to make a reservation

• booked solid
  

  to be completely full

• bust one's ass
  

  to work really hard

• catch some rays
  

  to suntan

• get away for a few days
  

  to leave a bit city and go somewhere peaceful

• get away from it all
  

  to leave a big city and go somewhere peaceful

• guidebook
  

  a book with tourist information about a place

• have a lot on one's plate
  

  to have a lot of things to do

• head for
  

  go in the direction of

• hit the town
  

  to go out and have fun

• kick back
  

  to relax

• line something up
  

  to organize

• pale
  

  to be very white

• put someone up
  

  to allow someone to stay in your home

• put together
  

  to organize

• road trip
  

  a driving vacation

• run down
  

  to be tired from working too much

• soak up some sun
  

  to suntan

• stoked
  

  very excited and full of energy

• swamped
  (adjective) very busy Example Sentence: I’m sorry I didn’t answer your email. I’m really swamped with work right now. The lawyer was swamped at the office, so he couldn’t go to his son’s birthday party. Media and Links: Techs swamped with broken furnaces
• swamped
  

  to be overwhelmed with work

• take a dip
  

  to swim

• wear someone out
  

  to make someone tired

• wiped
  

  to be tired

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