Last weekend, we met up with some Italian friends. Due to various reasons, we could only stay from Friday to Monday, two days of which were dedicated to travel. All told, they only had two full days to explore their little corner of Wells with us.
In Italian, there is a common idiomatic expression to describe this kind of short visit or vacation: touch and run.
move from verb touch (touch), although leakage (escape) comes from the Latin “fuga”, which has the same meaning, which in turn comes from the Latin verb “fugere” (get away) or “fugare” (to chase). Essentially, if you continue “touch and runDuring vacation, you briefly “expose” the place you are going to, and then quickly “escape” back to your daily life.
This expression is usually translated as One day trip, of course, if you only stay for one day.You may also hear the translation Outpost Tour If the person visits many places in a short period of time.
This was a grab and go holiday but one day we would like to come back and travel some more.
It was a very short vacation but we hope to come back one day to explore more.
Although often used to describe a short vacation, touch and run Can also be applied to other situations, such as short-lived relationships.
I'm not interested in hit-and-run relationships. I was looking for something serious.
I'm not interested in short term relationships. I was looking for something serious.
way of expression touch and run It also exists in classical music.according to Encyclopedia Britannicathis move A musical form representing a keyboard instrument designed to showcase the player's virtuosic touch, while leakage (known as fugue English) is a technique characterized by the overlapping repetition of a main theme in different melodic lines and follows move.The most famous examples of this type of music are undoubtedly the works of Johann Sebastian Bach Toccata and fugue in D minor.
A very similar expression is hit and runand bite from bite (bite) and run away from run away (get away).
This is a travel agency that organizes hit and run holidays.
This is a travel agency that organizes excursions.
Heather Broster is a graduate with honors in linguistics from the University of Western Ontario. She is an aspiring polyglot, fluent in English and Italian, as well as varying degrees of fluency in Japanese, Welsh and French. Originally from Toronto, Heather has lived in several countries, notably Italy for six years. Her main research areas are language acquisition, education and bilingual teaching.
