down the road | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Furtheralong, in terms oftimeorprogress.Synonyms:down the line,down the track,later onThey decided to save money by using the cheapest components available, butdown the roadthey ran into problems with reliability.1980December 6, Cindy Rizzo, Nancy Toder, “Jewish, Lesbian, Feminist, Psychologist, Author—All of the above and more”, inGay Community News, volume 8, number20, page 8:Sometimes I go to the bars and see these kids and think about the meaninglessness and the emptiness that they'll be feeling five or six yearsdown the roadwhen they're tired of partying.2006March 31, David Gow, “Ten years down the road: car giant foresees the non-polluting, accident-proof saloon”, inThe Guardian‎[1]:Ten yearsdown the road: car giant foresees the non-polluting, accident-proof saloon [title]2015February 26,Francis S. Collins,Harold Varmus, “A New Initiative on Precision Medicine”, inThe New England Journal of Medicine, volume372, number 9,→DOI, page795:Although the precision medicine initiative will probably yield its greatest benefits yearsdown the road, there should be some notable near-term successes.; (slang)Dismissed;firedfrom one'semployment.1977,Mother Jones Magazine, volume 2, number 4, page65:Those dudes framed a full side wall a foot too high and it was clearly marked on the layout. They got sentdown the road— and deserved it.1989, United States. National Labor Relations Board,Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board, page517:[…]not only did he observe Doran and Angle drinking beer during the lunch, but also he said right then to both, "Look don't do it in front of me. I just got up here. It's company policy, you know. Any other time you're going to be sentdown the road."; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seedown,‎road.There's a shopdown the roadthat sells a few basic necessities.

Examples:

EN: High-handed as a born elite, the chief retainer's son Genzaburo Hayaml races down the road, not caring about others.
ES: Criado como un miembro de la élite, Genzaburo Hayami, el hijo de un samurái importante, galopa sin tener cuidado de la gente.
EN: Mikisaburo comes strolling down the road. He hears people talking out on the street.
ES: Mikisaburo viene dando un paseo, y escucha el ruido de la gente hablando en el camino.
EN: I've got business that calls me back down the road Santa Fe way.
ES: Mi trabajo me lleva hasta Santa Fe.
EN: # Gypsies came down the road, carrying the brats they had robbed with them: # A new-born child in napkins.
ES: # Llegaron gitanos por el camino, llevando con ellos el fruto de su robo:
EN: I believe I'll walk on down the road.
ES: - Prefiero dar un paseo.
EN: Gone on down the road, looking at the stars.
ES: Dando un paseo, mirando las estrellas.
EN: A stroll down the road.
ES: Por la carretera.
EN: ─ Why, he ..? We got Ezzy Daniels and the bloodhounds. We're meeting at the crossroads down the road a mile.
ES: Lo estamos buscando con Ezzy Daniels y los perros.
EN: This boy was in love with a little girl down the road.
ES: Este chico estaba enamorado de una chica al otro lado del camino.
EN: Uh, your cabin is just down the road, sir.
ES: - Su cabaña es aquella.
EN: There is a nice, quiet little spot down the road.
ES: Hay un lugar tranquilo calle abajo.
EN: They have taken the rest of them down the road out of earshot.
ES: Se van a encargar del resto en la carretera, sin que llegue a nuestros oídos.
EN: Now listen, we can sneak out the back way and grab a hitch down the road.
ES: Podemos sair por atrás y hacer auto stop.
EN: And park down the road aways.
ES: Y aparca al final de la carretera.
EN: And I've got to watch the man that runs the Picture Palace down the road turn away from his, and why?
ES: Y tengo que vigilar al hombre que dirige el Picture Palace, ahí al lado, para que no me robe público, y ¿por qué?

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