Words of the week: «Hit the road» and «The highways and byways»

Hello, 

Here you have the expressions of the week: 

HIT THE ROAD

to leave a place or to begin a journey

      I’d love to stay longer, but I must be hitting the road. 

Just to let you know that there is a great number of expressions with «hit» we can use in an informal context (eg. hit the ceiling= get angry, hit the hay/sack= go to bed, hit the bottle=get drunk, hit the books = study, etc.)

THE HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS

the roads and paths of a place 

      They travelled the highways and byways of Spain.