tourist car —1. a (rented) car used by tourists: An early start on all itineraries can avoid most tourist cars , tour busses, and crowds. 2. a railway car equipped with less comfortable sleep- ing accommodations than standard Pullman cars: Soft-sleeper berths and special tourist cars are available on most routes. toy boy • toy man toy boy—(sl., also: boy toy) a woman’s very young lover: At 48 she is like a teenage girl again — raving it up with four dif- ferent lovers including a toy boy of 27. Note: The expression does not correlate in meaning with the compound playboy—a rich man who spends most of his time enjoying himself in expensive ways: Her fourth husband was a wealthy Irish playboy . toy man—a person who deals in toys: Milliners, toymen , and jewelers came down from London, and opened a bazaar under the trees. trade in something • trade on something trade in something—buy and sell a particular commodity: The company of merchants included both general dealers and such as traded in only one kind of wares. Note: The expression does not correlate in meaning with the phrase trade something in—give a used thing as part payment for a new one: You trade in your car and the minute you get used to the thing some bastard puts out a new model. trade on something—take an unfair advantage of a person’s weakness, ignorance, etc.: Employment agencies have been characterized as a class who trade on the needs of the inexpe- rienced searcher. trade something for something • trade something in for something trade something for something—give one thing in exchange for another, in place of money: The cargo consisted of textiles and antiquated firearms. These were traded on the coast for slaves, who were shipped to America. trade something in for something—give smth. in part pay- ment for smth. else (usually another article of the same kind): You will own the vehicle when your payment period ends. Choose to keep it, sell it or trade it in for a new vehicle. training college • training school training college —(UK) a college for the training of teachers: How vitally important a good pupil-teacher relationship had been considered at my training college . training school —1. a school preparing students for a partic- ular occupation: The majority of nursery training schools do not make any hard-and-fast rule regarding the work which their trainees should take over. 2. (U.S. euph.) a correctional institution for reeducation of juvenile delinquents: The Penal Code was amended so as to authorize the commitment of delinquent girls to the New York State Training School for Girls. trample someone under foot • walk all over someone trample someone under foot—oppress or subdue a person; treat smb. harshly or ruthlessly: We loan them a degree of power, we do not grant them the right to trample us underfoot as they are doing. walk all over someone—1. make smb. do whatever one wishes; take advantage of a person: Ashley was a hopeless romantic, but her boyfriends walked all over her. 2. (Sport) win decisively over an opponent: Let them think that the Red- skins will walk all over our team. Let them think it! transit man • transit passenger transit man —(U.S.) a surveyor who uses a transit-theodolite for the measurement of land areas: Continuous labor in soli- tary wilderness as surveyor or transit-man , is a totally different thing from taking a trip across the continent. transit passenger —a passenger making a brief stop at an air- port, etc. in transit to another destination: For the transit pas - senger the Corporation also runs special city sightseeing tours from the Tourist information Center. transported by something • transported with something transported by something—(of goods or people) carried from one place to another by a car, train, etc.: Field artillery has also been transported by sleighs, as in Canada. transported with something—(liter.) overcome with some strong emotion: On hearing of the victory, the nation was transported with joy. travel over the land • travel overland travel over the land—pass through many parts of the coun- try: At the time of the alleged events described in the gospels, scores of preachers traveled over the land of Israel. Note: The expression is not equivalent in meaning to the phrase travel all over the land— pass through or visit every part of the country: To travel all over the land in search of wealth was one thing but to stay there was something quite different. travel overland—travel across the solid part of the earth’s surface (contrasted with traveling by sea): Judging from Marco’s account, they most likely traveled overland through Armenia and Persia to Hormuz. tread on someone’s heels • tread on someone’s toes tread on someone’s heels—follow a person very closely: We were walking up the hill, and our pace was much the same— I was treading on his heels without much effort. tread on someone’s toes—offend a person by treating him insensitively: As I was mentally formulating responses to it, I also became aware that I should be careful not to tread on his toes . tread water • walk on water tread water—1. keep one’s head above water by remaining upright and pumping the legs: Two common ways of treading water are kicking extended legs back and forth and also kicking in an alternating manner, one leg at a time. 2. expend some effort but not make much progress: I realized that I was just treading water there in New Jersey—this isn’t really what we want to be doing. walk on water—do wonders; perform an impossible: Just look at the job ads for executives in today’s newspapers—they almost expect you to walk on water ! treat someone to something • treat someone with something treat someone to something—supply food, entertainment, etc. at one’s own expense to a person: He told me that I was the only one to ever treat him to dinner, aside from his father. Isn’t that sad? treat someone with something—1. act or behave towards a person in a manner specified: They treated me with a respect that I am still unsure I deserved. 2. = treat someone to some- thing: They treated me with a big steak dinner with all the fixings. It was great! Note: Neither expression correlates in meaning with the phrase treat someone for something—give medical care to a person who has an illness or injury: Women who had been treated for breast cancer faced the risk of a local recurrence. tremble at something • tremble with something tremble at something—regard smth. with fear: To depart – 325 – tremble at something