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the travel bug
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a strong wish to travel that starts after a trip and does not go away
Used with 'catch', 'get' or 'be bitten by'. Close to 'itchy feet', but this describes a lasting love of travel.
In context
After her first backpacking trip, Thu caught the travel bug and visited ten countries in two years.
My brother was bitten by the travel bug during his exchange year in Japan.
More idioms about travel
- a bumpy ridea difficult period with many problems
- a change of scenerytime in a new place that makes you feel fresh and different
- a flying visita very short visit
- a fork in the roada point where you must choose between two different paths or decisions
- a home away from homea place where you feel as comfortable and relaxed as in your own home