Meaning of bump in the road | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A setback or obstacle, especially one which is relatively minor.
   idiomatic
2. A very small town.
   idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“"The stock market has gone down, but it's just a bump in the road," she says.”

“Ms. Leopold . . . said today that she saw the attack, for which she received more than 50 stitches, as more of a bump in the road than a serious deterrence to her goal.”

“If there is a potential bump in the road for the NBA in the UK, it is its lack of a television deal.”

“"We're such a small bump in the road that driving through Sylvester is like hitting an armadillo at 60 miles an hour," drawls local businessman David Register.”

“"Believe it or not, that ugly little town was the county seat originally, when Pickax was only a bump in the road."”

“The town of Juliette, Ga., wasn't even on the map until after 1991. . . . Now, the one-stop-sign bump in the road is officially marked along Georgia's long and lonesome Highway 16.”

“The Lord has been a good provider in the small farming town of Mattoon, Illinois. . . . The scheme, which began in 1994, proved a bonanza for Mattoon, no more than a bump in the road halfway between St Louis and Indianapolis.”

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