A: Hurry up! If we don’t leave now, we’ll be late!

B: Okay, I’m almost ready. I just need to grab my purse and my shoes. See! That didn’t take long at all. Now I’m ready.

A: Let’s get the show on the road!

Note: This idiom means “to begin an attempt at something, or to leave for someplace new.” There are a few speculative origin stories for this expression. Some people mention theater productions. It is common for a show to start in one location, like Broadway, and then travel to other locations after becoming successful in the first. Another idea is that it relates to circuses or traveling fairs. These events travel from one city to another. This expression was first used around year 1889.