Hello! I am translating a text and I have found a phrase that I couldn't find in any dictionary: "you're following them down a road" What does it means? Is that an idiomatic expression? Thank you for any help
Nadia from Rome, Italy
Hi, Nadia!
'Following them down a road' is a common idiom that indicates that the follower is possibly headed into some difficult situations.
Think of a young teenager who begins to hang-out with older teens who smoke weed, drink booze, smoke cigarettes, and commit petty crimes. The father of the young teen might say: "If you follow them down that road you'll wind up in big trouble!"
However, depending on the context of the sentence in your translation, 'following them down a road' could possibly be a positive statement.
What is the context used in your original text?
Cheers,
Amigos4
