get itchy feet

意味

to start wanting to travel or do something new

旅に出たい、新しいことをしたいと思い始める.

例文

1. 1After two years in the same town, I got itchy feet and applied for a job abroad.
2. 2My dad gets itchy feet every spring and starts planning a long trip.
3. 3Maria had only been back from Peru a month before she got itchy feet and started looking at flights.
4. 4If you get itchy feet in your gap year, you could teach English in Asia.
5. 5Does Ben ever get itchy feet, or is he happy to stay in one place forever?

文法

変化するのは get だけで、gets、getting、got となる。feet は複数のまま。have itchy feet はその気持ちが始まることではなく、気持ちそのものを表す