to itch for adventure
- idiom
- Informal
:
tener ansias de aventura
- After months of routine at work, she began to itch for adventure and started planning a trip abroad.
Examples
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Many young people itch for adventure when they finish school and want to see the world.
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He itches for adventure every summer.
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Though he enjoyed his stable life, there was always an itch for adventure he couldn't quite satisfy.
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Are you itching for adventure this weekend?
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After being stuck at home for so long, she was itching for adventure and ready to travel.
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He has always itched for adventure, dreaming of conquering mountains and exploring new places.
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The children were itching for adventure, eager to explore the woods behind their house.
Synonyms
9
2.7
To want very much to do something right away
1
4.1
Wanting to try new and exciting things even if they are risky
1
3.7
To look for new, exciting experiences that may be risky
1
6.2
To want very much to go to new places
Antonyms
How Eager
- Informal
1
3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to have a strong and restless desire for excitement' is directly derivable from 'itch' (feel a strong urge) + 'for' (marking the target) + 'adventure' (the desired experience). Although 'itch' is a metaphorical extension from the literal skin sensation, the metaphor of 'having an itch for X' = 'wanting X' is transparent and common enough that a B1 learner who knows the constituents will understand it.
Etymology
Itch for adventure comes from the simple image of an itch on your skin you must scratch; that small, restless urge pushes you to do something. So, itch for adventure means 'to have a strong, restless desire for excitement or new experiences'.