let's get this circus on the road

English

Phrase

let's get this circus on the road

  1. (idiomatic) Let's start; let's begin (a journey, undertaking, etc.).
    • 1982, Norm Goldstein, Frank Sinatra: Ol' Blue Eyes, page 57:
      "Then he'd take a quick look at the script and say, 'Let's get this circus on the road.' The cameras would turn."
    • 1994, Jim Ranie, Jargodin: The Moonlighter, Brisbane: Jim Ranie, page 232:
      The keys were in the ignition. "Come on," Jargodin said. "Let's get this circus on the road. I'll follow you."
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